The most powerful space rocket ever built is about to blast off to the moon. The Artemis 1 mission is an uncrewed test flight that will eventually send humans back to Earth and hopefully to Mars. You can watch the launch online.
The Artemis rocket is scheduled to take off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:33 a.m. The time is 10:30 a.m. The time is on Monday.
After the launch, the boosters will fall away and the module will travel 40,000 miles beyond the moon.
The Artemis I mission's Mega Moon rocket's launch pad was struck by lightning.
The first long-term presence on the moon will be established with the help of commercial and international partners. We will use what we learn on the moon to send the first humans to Mars.
There is a live stream of the event on Live Science.
The agency's website and mobile app will provide coverage. The launch will begin at 10:23 a.m. on Saturday, August 27. The time is at 10:30 pm
NASA scientists will be able to make changes before Artemis 2 makes the same journey with a human crew. The first woman and the first person of color will land on the moon in the year 2025.
NASA wants to take humans to Mars, and these missions will be important dress rehearsals.
The SLS is the largest NASA rocket since the Apollo program's Saturn V rocket and is made up of a liquid hydrogen and oxygen core booster and two smaller rocket boosters. During the Artemis 1 flight, NASA will collect data on the module's trajectory and effects on the three mannequins as it flies by the moon.
NASA will put the capsule's heat shield to the test after it comes back through Earth's atmosphere. After it lands off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, it will be able to slow down to 20 mph (32.2 km/h).
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