NASA confirmed that it remains on track for the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission during a two-hour launch window that opens at 1:04 a.m. EST on Wednesday, November 16.
The launch countdown will begin at 1:24am on Monday, November 14th.
Artemis I is the first integrated flight test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and the agencies’ ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will pave the way for a crewed test flight and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
Following Hurricane Nicole, teams conducted extensive assessments of the rocket, spacecraft, and associated ground systems and confirmed that there were no significant impacts from the severe weather. The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B in November. 4 and they came out of the storm there.
Live coverage of briefings and events will be broadcast on NASA Television, the NASA app and the agencies’ website at:
https://www.nasa.gov/live
Engineers returned the rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on September 26 ahead of Hurricane Ian and after aborting two previous launch attempts on August 29 due to a faulty temperature sensor and on September 4 due to a leak of liquid hydrogen at an interface between the rocket and the mobile launcher. Before returning to the VAB, crews successfully repaired the leak and demonstrated updated tank procedures. While at the VAB, crews performed standard maintenance to repair minor damage to the foam and cork of the thermal protection system and recharge or replace batteries throughout the system.
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