On November 14, NASA plans to fly another Artemis lunar test flight

NASA is ready for a third attempt to launch its large next-generation space rocket.

The US space agency said, on Wednesday, that NASA is targeting November 14 for a third attempt to launch its large next-generation space rocket, after weeks of technical accidents and bad weather, which delayed the first Artemis mission.

Plans call for the return of the 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Friday, April 4. airline. preparations.

Safety regulations and deteriorating weather conditions caused by Hurricane Ian forced the space agency to return the towering space rocket back to the hangar last month after two failed launch attempts on August 29 and September 3.

In a statement announcing the new release date, NASA said standard maintenance that still needs to be performed on the platform includes repairing minor damage to the insulation material and recharging or replacing the batteries in the rocket, the satellite payloads, and the flight termination system.

NASA officials previously said the hydrogen fuel leak that forced them to clean up their last countdown three hours before liftoff has since been resolved.

The new 69-minute launch window for the November 14 Artemis I mission opens at 12:07 a.m. ET. M. NASA said EST (0407 GMT), with two-hour backup launch opportunities each on November 16 and 19.

The latest set of difficulties in recent months come at the end of a rocket development program that has lasted more than a decade, with years of delays and multibillion-dollar cost overruns under NASA and Orion’s SLS contracts with Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp.

Technical challenges aside, Artemis I marks a major turning point for NASA’s post-Apollo human spaceflight program, after decades of focusing on low-orbit missions with space shuttles and the International Space Station.

Artemis I, which had intended to launch the Orion capsule on an unmanned test flight to the moon and back, marked the first flight of both the SLS and Orion rockets half a century after the final Apollo lunar mission, a precursor to the Artemis program.

Named after the goddess who was the twin sister of Apollo in ancient Greek mythology, Artemis is seeking to return astronauts to the lunar surface as early as 2025, although many experts believe the deadline is likely to be delayed.

Ultimately, NASA plans to create a long-range lunar base of operations as a springboard for more ambitious human journeys to Mars.

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