NASA plans to launch uncrewed flights around the Moon in February 2022
The US space agency said that each of the test campaigns will evaluate the rocket and spacecraft as an integrated system for the first time, building upon each other and culminating in a simulation at the pad to prepare for launch day.
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Florida, October 23: US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Saturday announced plans to launch an uncrewed flight around the Moon in February 2022.
According to a NASA press release, said that it was in the final phase of testing to send its Orion capsule on an orbit around the Moon on its Space Launch System rocket. It added that the mission, known as Artemis-1, will pave the way for the future flight test with the crew “before NASA establishes a regular condense of more complex missions with astronauts on and around the Moon”.
Nasa said the Artemis 1 mission will “pave the way for a future flight test with the crew” before “more complex missions with astronauts on and around the Moon”.It also further added that it will be carrying out a series of tests until February, including the interface and the communication systems, and a dress rehearsal several weeks before the launch.
The US space agency said that each of the test campaigns will evaluate the rocket and spacecraft as an integrated system for the first time, building upon each other and culminating in a simulation at the pad to prepare for launch day. It added that it will set a date for the launch if the dress rehearsal is successful.
“Artemis 1 will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond before the first flight with crew on Artemis 2,” it said.
It is to mention that the initial operation of the Orion launch by the Space Launch System (SLS) will be a part of the uncrewed Artemis-1 mission. This three-week trip mission will put the SLS and Orion through a test, providing answers on whether astronauts will be allowed to board Artemis-2. This Artemis 2, is a crewed mission to the moon, which will be launched in 2023.
It is 52 years since Nasa’s space programme put humans on the Moon, beginning with the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong famous giant steps.
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