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A NASA megarocket is rolled back to its launch pad to prepare for a moon mission

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A NASA megarocket is rolled back to its launch pad to prepare for a moon mission


By TechThop Team

Posted on: 17 Aug, 2022

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket headed back to the launch pad Tuesday night, taking a step closer to the milestone lunar mission that NASA is working on with its partners.

At about 10 p.m. EDT, Space Launch System's big mega-rocket and its Orion spacecraft began rolling out to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad for Artemis 1, the unmanned test flight of the Space Launch System.

The Orion spacecraft has begun moving from the KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building to the rocket, which is home to the rocket's engines and is expected to take up to 11 hours to complete.

As the crawler carrying the hardware for Artemis 1 makes its way to Launch Pad 39B, it must travel roughly at 1 to 2 miles an hour.

As the roll-out proceeds, you will be able to watch the system rollout live on NASA's website, NASA TV as well as the NASA app. This webcast was launched by NASA at three o'clock in the afternoon in Eastern Time.

NASA decided to launch the rocket two days earlier than planned. Artemis, the agency's blog, reported that the team had completed testing of the flight termination system.

At this point, the rocket was closed out and the final access platforms in the VAB were retracted. This marks the last major activity required for the rocket to be closed out.

A detailed schedule has not been provided by NASA for the rollout, which is expected to take between 8 and 11 hours depending on the weather conditions, road conditions, and other technical considerations.

As part of the unmanned mission scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 29, the Orion spacecraft is to be brought around the moon as part of a test of the vehicle's systems that will be used on future human missions.

The mission will be supplemented with several webcasts providing an overview of the science and other technologies on board.

As soon as 2024, NASA plans to send an Artemis 2 mission to orbit the moon, with people on board, with an Artemis 3 mission planned for 2025 for a landing mission on the moon.

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