On June 23rd, 2022, NASA concluded the SLS rocket testing. After fixing a hydrogen leak, the SLS will be prepared for launch by the 23rd of August.
The test’s simulated countdown ended 29 seconds short due to the hydrogen leak.
Even with the leak, NASA was pleased with the results. Artemis launch director, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, said, “It was a great day. We accomplished a majority of the objectives that we had not completed in the prior tests.”
The first launch of the SLS will mark the start of the Artemis missions. This is also the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission (the last Apollo mission to the moon).
That launch will be named Artemis I and will be an unmanned flight orbiting the moon.
The second flight, Artemis II, will most likely take place in 2024. It will be a manned flight, also only orbiting the moon.
The first landing could come in 2025, but that depends on the level of success in earlier missions.
NASA’s goal for the Artemis program is to send humanity back to the moon and also accomplish sending the first woman of color onto the moon.
This type of rocket nicknamed the “Mega Moon,” will carry people to Mars someday. Surprisingly, the main engines Mega Moon will use are the same type (RS-25 engine) of engines the Space Shuttles used over four decades ago. This type of engine can produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust. That’s 15 percent more than the Saturn V also known as the “Heavy Lift Vehicle.”
NASA claims that future models of the Mega Moon will also be able to reach any one part of the solar system.
Maybe this rocket will be the key to space exploration!
The test’s simulated countdown ended 29 seconds short due to the hydrogen leak.
Even with the leak, NASA was pleased with the results. Artemis launch director, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, said, “It was a great day. We accomplished a majority of the objectives that we had not completed in the prior tests.”
The first launch of the SLS will mark the start of the Artemis missions. This is also the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission (the last Apollo mission to the moon).
That launch will be named Artemis I and will be an unmanned flight orbiting the moon.
The second flight, Artemis II, will most likely take place in 2024. It will be a manned flight, also only orbiting the moon.
The first landing could come in 2025, but that depends on the level of success in earlier missions.
NASA’s goal for the Artemis program is to send humanity back to the moon and also accomplish sending the first woman of color onto the moon.
This type of rocket nicknamed the “Mega Moon,” will carry people to Mars someday. Surprisingly, the main engines Mega Moon will use are the same type (RS-25 engine) of engines the Space Shuttles used over four decades ago. This type of engine can produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust. That’s 15 percent more than the Saturn V also known as the “Heavy Lift Vehicle.”
NASA claims that future models of the Mega Moon will also be able to reach any one part of the solar system.
Maybe this rocket will be the key to space exploration!