The launch of the return to the moon is all set to take place. NASA gave Artemis 1 the go-ahead for an August 29 launch after completing its flight readiness review on Monday. NASA officials held a meeting to discuss the technical details related to the launch of Artemis 1, saying they have cleared the mission for a two-hour launch window. On August 29th Two backup windows are available in September. The associate administrator of NASA told reporters at a press conference that they were going for launch. It has been a long time since this day has come. At Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System is resting on launch pad 39B. The SLS will attempt to deliver the Orion capsule to space, where it will make a close flyby of the Moon and return to Earth at the end of its 42 day trip. The main goal of the mission is to test the heat shield of the spaceship during its return to Earth, a task that will be easier to accomplish given there is no crew on board.
There are a few issues that need to be fixed before Artemis 1. The agency gave the go-ahead for the launch despite four wet dress rehearsals that didn't go as planned and a hydrogen leak. SLS will need to perform a hydrogen kickstart, a step that couldn't be tested during the wet dress rehearsals, before it launches. After the core stage's hydrogen tank is filled a few hours before launch, NASA will test the hydrogen kickstart. The agency will announce a scrub if it fails to complete that test on the day of the launch.
The Artemis 1 integrated test flight is the first step in the launch of Artemis 2 and Artemis 3. Artemis 2 will have a crew on board but won't land on the moon. NASA wants to land a man and a woman on the moon by the year 2025.
More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the launch of the SLS rocket at Kennedy Space Center in order to see the event.
There are two places on the moon where two astronauts could land.
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