It will test the huge Artemis I rocket and the Orion spacecraft that astronauts will eventually travel in. Today's launch is part of the first stage, which will see a 42-day uncrewed flight around the moon. "They are going to work it, they'll get to the bottom it, they'll get it fixed, and then we'll fly," he said. He added that the crew "are doing the perfect job" and will continue to carry out work in the rocket. US Vice President Kamala Harris was at the Kennedy Space Centre for the launch, and Sen Nelson said she has been "fully briefed on the whole thing". "We are stressing and testing this rocket and this spacecraft in ways you would never do with a human crew on board." "It's just part of the space business, and it's particularly part of a test fight. "The fifth time was a flawless mission," he said, "And we know that had been launched on anyone of those scrubs it wouldn't have been a good day. Sen Nelson, who participated in the 24th flight of the space shuttle, explained how his launch was called off four times before they eventually set off. "They don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go."
"You can't go, there are certain guidelines and I think it's just illustrative that this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system and all those things have to work. "They've got a problem with the gasses going on the engine bleed on one engine," he said.
Speaking after launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson called a "scrub" on the launch, Sen Nelson said NASA won't send the rocket into space "until it's right". In other words, it's going to be huge.The cancelled launch of Artemis I is "just part of the space business", NASA administrator Senator Bill Nelson as he aimed to reassure people that the rocket "will fly" and "make the country proud". It's going to be a tense few hours with a nail-biting countdown, especially considering the rollercoaster ride that is Artemis, but one also surrounded by an air of wonder and excitement. Think of Artemis I as a crucial flight test and proof-of-principle experiment for a very expensive project.Ī flawless launch could mark the beginning of NASA's modern moon exploration years. These instruments will track vital information about the spacecraft's trajectory, safety, radiation absorption and much more that'll essentially map out the routes of future missions - missions with a human crew like Artemis II and 2025's Artemis III.
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Orion is filled to the brim with objects like Amazon Alexa, TV character Shaun the Sheep, mannequins, miniature satellites and most importantly, tons of navigation and data collection equipment. (That's planned for 2025.)Īt launch, Artemis I's 32-story rocket blasted off from Earth and propel a relatively small white spacecraft named Orion into lunar orbit. There's a lot riding on its success, though, including the prospect of landing people on the moon sometime in the near future. To be clear, this mission doesn't have astronauts on board. Well, it could happen as soon as Wednesday. "So when will this cursed thing launch?" you might've been asking. Thankfully, only minor repairs were necessary to get the rocket back into shape. But that decision jeopardized the launch timeline one more time because it meant Artemis I had to battle incredibly high winds it wasn't quite built to withstand. The rocket wasn't rolled off the launchpad this time. And then , as if Artemis I hadn't already been through enough, Hurricane Nicole blew in last week. The agency finally announced a new launch date of Nov. 2 because the storm forced NASA to roll the tangerine machine off the launchpad and back to safety in the Vehicle Assembly Building. Hurricane Ian even ruined the agency's backup launch date of Oct. The third attempt got nixed in late September as Hurricane Ian threatened Artemis I's launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. On the second attempt a few days later, a pesky hydrogen leak kept it grounded. NASA scrubbed the craft's first launch attempt in late August due to a troublesome engine issue. NASA's ambitious, expensive and intricate moon rocket, Artemis I, has had a rough run. What follows below is the original story. NASA launched the Artemis I mission on Wednesday morning.
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