NASA Artemis 1 launch :
Finally launched NASA Artemis 1 mission from launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . After multiple issues popped up during tanking operations, but now launched at 12:17 PM IST on November 16.
NASA Artemis 1 mission : The NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was earlier scheduled to launch on November 14, But it postponed due to tropical storm Nicole. The Space agency NASA’s previous attempted to launch the Artemis 1 mission. It had to be cancelled due to various issues in the launch rockets. The first launch attempt had scrubbed due to an engine bleed issue with one of the core stage RS -25 engine. Second launch attempt was scrubbed because of a hydrogen leak.
Around eight minute after launch, the core stage engine cut off and the core stage separated from the rest of the rocket. After launch the origin spacecraft was propelled by the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage . NASA also deployed the Origin spacecraft’s four solar arrays. After completing “translunar injection”, Origin separated itself from ICPS and is now its way to the lunar orbit.
NASA’s new moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Wednesday morning November 16 2022. Artemis I is heading toward the moon, blazing a trail for NASA’s next era of space exploration. NASA’s majestic new rocket soared into space for the first time in the early hours of Wednesday, lighting up the night sky and accelerating on a journey that will take an astronaut-less capsule around the moon and back.
NASA Artemis 1 : NASA’s launch of the SLS rocket from launch complex 39-B of the Kennedy Space Center Florida. In this image taken from Sebastian Florida, NASA’s next -generation moon rocket. The Space Launch System (SLS) can be seen taking off which the origin crew capsule from launch complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center.
