How to Watch the Artemis 1 Launch, NASA's Return to the Moon

On Monday, August 29, the SLS megarocket will be used for the first time to boost an uncrewed capsule on a journey to the Moon. The first mission in the Artemis program is part of the preparation to send astronauts to the Moon.

The two-hour launch window for the Artemis 1 mission begins at 8:33 a.m. on Monday. There is an hour and a half later. The 322-foot-tall (98-meter) SLS megarocket will deliver the crew capsule, which contains only manikins for this first mission, to the moon.

NASA will provide live coverage of the event. Coverage starts at 7:30 a.m. in Spanish. There is an hour and a half time. There are a number of ways to watch the space agency on its website. The feed below can also be used to watch the show.

The main event begins at 10:33 a.m. on Saturday. It will include briefings by NASA officials. There will be a start at 12:00 a.m. on Monday. Engineers load propellant into a rocket.

There will be a performance of the U.S. national anthem by Josh Groban and a performance by Chris Evans. Yo-Yo Ma and the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform together.

There is a rocket on top of a building. The uncrewed capsule will be boosted to space from where it will travel on its own to make a close flyby of the Moon. After spending 42 days in space, the spaceship will splash down in the ocean off the coast of San Diego. One of the main goals of the mission is to test the heat shield in case there are no crew on board.

There won't be a human crew but they are taking off with manikins. During the 42 day journey, Campos will be wearing a standard spacesuit and measuring radiation, g-forces, and vibration. The purpose of Helga and Zohar is to test the effects of space radiation on women. One of the notable crew members will be a toy version of the stop-motion character, and another will be a dog doll.

Artemis 1 will open the way for Artemis 2 and 3. Artemis 2 will send a human crew to the moon but won't land on the lunar surface. NASA hopes to land a man and a woman on the moon in the late 20th century. All of this is in support of sending humans to Mars.

A lunar rover is being developed to stand the moon's long night.