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The Historic Moon Mission That’s Just WEEKS Away

NASA could be just one month away from launching the first human mission to the moon in over 50 years, with Artemis 2 potentially lifting off as soon as February 6th if current schedules hold and final preparations stay on track. The historic mission will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10 day journey to fly around the moon and back, marking the first time humans have ventured to lunar space since the Apollo 17 crew departed in 1972. The four astronauts will board the Orion spacecraft atop NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and after reaching Earth orbit they will complete systems checkouts before committing to a translunar injection burn that places them on a figure eight free return trajectory around the moon. The mission has been nearly two decades in the making at a cost of roughly 50 billion dollars since 2006, with each launch carrying an estimated price tag of 4 billion dollars, and serves as a crucial test flight to confirm that Orion can safely sustain a crew in deep space before attempting to land astronauts on the lunar surface.

Artemis 2 was originally scheduled for 2023 but was delayed after the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission in November 2022 revealed damage to Orion’s heat shield during reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, forcing engineers to devise fixes to prevent similar problems from occurring on future flights. The full stack of the SLS rocket and Orion capsule was completed inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in October and is currently awaiting rollout to Launch Complex 39A, which NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens said is expected to happen in less than two weeks. Once transported to the launch pad, the rocket will undergo final systems checks, pad integration and a wet dress rehearsal to fuel the vehicle and run through complete countdown procedures, though newly confirmed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman emphasized he wants more data before officially setting the February 6th target date. The mission’s success is critical for putting NASA’s Artemis program back on track toward establishing a permanent human presence on the moon, though complications with SpaceX’s Starship development for the Artemis 3 moon landing mission may push that next milestone from 2027 to 2028.

Source: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/historic-artemis-2-moon-launch-may-be-just-1-month-away

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