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NASA has set a date for another attempt to launch the Artemis I mission after Hurricane Ian forced the space agency to roll back a large rocket into the hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida late last month. NASA sets another try date at Artemis I launch
The 69-minute launch window for the Space Launch System, or SLS, will open at 12:07 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 14, NASA said Wednesday.
If the launch is successful, the 322-foot rocket will send the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth to test the system. The mission is expected to last 25 days, with a splash in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, Dec. 9.
The space agency said “Minimal work” is needed to prepare the Orion rocket and spacecraft for launch to the launch pad. This is a 4-mile (6.4 kilometer) slow journey that could happen as fast as possible on Friday, November 4.
The overall goal of NASA’s Artemis program is to return humans to the moon for the first time in half a century, and the Artemis I mission, expected to be the first of several missions, will lay preliminary groundwork. Test rockets and spaceships and all subsystems to make sure it’s safe enough for astronauts.
But completing the first mission proved to be a great endeavor. Technical problems hamper the first two attempts. As Hurricane Ian failed a third attempt. NASA sets another try date at Artemis I launch
NASA said it had requested backups of the two-hour launch window for Wednesday Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m. and Saturday Nov. 19 at 1:45 a.m.
