Artemis 1, the first unmanned mission of the American space return program Moonwill take off as early as August 29, the NASA space agency said on Wednesday..
vessel will make it the first of a series of flights with which state joined intends to return to Moon manned, establish a sustainable presence there, and use the experience gained to plan a trip to Mars sometime in the 2030s.
NASA manager Jim Free told reporters that the first window of possible launch dates for the giant Space Launch System (SLS) and the docked Orion capsule on August 29, September 2 and September 5.
The latest test in June reached 90% of the targets, and on Wednesday Cliff Lanham, head of the spacecraft division, said engineers had corrected deficiencies causing a loss of hydrogen in the launch system.
Artemis 1 will travel to the far side Moon on a mission that will last four to six weeks, longer than any manned spacecraft has ever done without docking. It will then return to Earth faster and hotter than any previous spacecraft.
It will also deploy small satellites called CubeSats to conduct space experiments.
“Our first and foremost goal is to expose the heat shield Orion to the conditions for lunar recovery,” said Mike Sarafin, mission leader.
Upon return, the capsule will move at a speed of about 39,400 km / h, and its temperature will be half that of the sun.
The second task is to check the consistency of the rocket flight and capsule during the mission.
Finally, POT will try to recover the Orion after it splashed down, and then carefully check it.
The next flight will be Artemis 2, which will be manned, but the astronauts will not leave the planet. vessel. For its part, Artemis 3 would later deliver the first woman and the first black person to lunar soil.
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