Artemis’s ultimate aim is to establish a sustainable lunar outpost as a stepping stone to one day land the first humans on Mars. If all goes well, NASA hopes to send humans into lunar orbit on its next mission, “Artemis II,” by 2024, followed by a lunar landing on “Artemis III” by 2025-when boots will step foot on the moon’s crust for the first time in half a century, including those of the first woman astronaut and astronaut of color to do so. (Once in space, the Orion pod, designed by Lockheed Martin, will break off from the SLS rocket and rendezvous with another spacecraft, designed by SpaceX, that will lower the astronauts onto the lunar surface.)īut unlike last time, NASA is now looking beyond the moon and even further into the universe. Its success could pave the way for the most ambitious moon expedition in decades. Teams will configure systems at the pad for launch, targeted for no earlier than Aug.
NASA's Exploration Ground Systems August 17, 2022Īround 7:30am EDT & arrived atop Pad 39B after a nearly 10-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket and spacecraft have cleared the Vehicle Assembly Building perimeter. After a 42-day voyage, it will splash down into the ocean.
The 322-foot-long SLS rocket-which stands taller than the Statue of Liberty-will take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, then circle the dark side of the moon, where no astronaut has ever flown before.
But the mission, dubbed “Artemis I,” will be the first test flight of the shuttle designed to propel us toward the stars. This time, there will be no humans on board.
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