NASA is preparing to launch a historic mission to the moon
The flight aims to put the SLS vehicle to a test of its systems before it is considered ready to transport astronauts
NASA is preparing to launch the compact Orion spacecraft, Monday, August 29, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, send the unmanned capsule around the moon and return to Earth on a six-week test flight called " Artemis ". 1 ".
Half a century after the end of the era of NASA's Apollo program, NASA's long-awaited attempt to return astronauts to the moon's surface is still at least three years away, as many of the necessary hardware remain mere designs. on paper.
"We're going to launch," NASA associate administrator Bob Cabana, a former space shuttle pilot and commander, told a news briefing late Monday, after reviewing preparations for the mission's flight.
The flight aims to put the Space Launch System vehicle, the world's most complex and powerful rocket vehicle, to a rigorous stress test of its systems during an actual flight before it is considered ready to transport astronauts.
The Space Launch System (SLS) is the largest new vertical launch system NASA has built since the Satron 5 rockets were launched during the Apollo program in the 1960s and 1970s.
After more than a decade of development with years of delays and cost overruns in the billions of dollars, the Orion astronaut capsule has so far cost NASA at least $37 billion, including design, construction, testing and ground facilities.
NASA's Artemis program, named after the goddess who was the twin sister of Apollo in ancient Greek mythology, aims to return astronauts to the moon as early as 2025 and establish a long-term lunar colony as a springboard for more ambitious future flights that send people To Mars.
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