{"id":129791,"date":"2021-11-01T17:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/artemis-1-is-launching-in-february"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:22:36","slug":"artemis-1-is-launching-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/artemis-1-is-launching-in-february","title":{"rendered":"Artemis 1 is Launching in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgmRAV8HNKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long time coming, but NASA\u2019s next moon rocket is just months from liftoff on its first uncrewed test flight. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a super heavy-lift vehicle capable of delivering 95 tons to Low Earth Orbit, but its primary purpose will be to deliver humans to lunar orbit and, eventually, to the lunar surface. SLS has been in development since 2,011 and it\u2019s faced a series of delays, but launch day is finally within sight. Earlier this month, the rocket was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/153082\/artemis-1-comes-together-as-the-orion-capsule-is-stacked-on-top-of-the-space-launch-system\/\">fully stacked for the first time<\/a> in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, and the Orion capsule (the spacecraft\u2019s crew cabin) was attached to the top. The full stack stands an impressive 322 feet tall, just shy of the Saturn V\u2019s 363 feet.<\/p>\n<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (a former astronaut himself) told reporters that \u201cwith stacking and integration of NASA\u2019s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft complete, we\u2019re getting closer and closer to embarking on a new era of human deep space exploration\u2026Thanks to the team\u2019s hard work designing, manufacturing, testing, and now completing assembly of NASA\u2019s new rocket and spacecraft, we\u2019re in the home stretch of preparations for the first launch on the Artemis I mission, paving the way to explore the Moon, Mars, and beyond for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With stacking complete, the next major task will be to roll the rocket out to the pad, where a full wet dress rehearsal will take place. The wet rehearsal involves loading propellant into the vehicle and performing a countdown, testing every aspect of the mission just shy of actually blasting off. The exact date for liftoff of Artemis 1 will be determined after the wet dress rehearsal ensures everything is in good working order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a long time coming, but NASA\u2019s next moon rocket is just months from liftoff on its first uncrewed test flight. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a super heavy-lift vehicle capable of delivering 95 tons to Low Earth Orbit, but its primary purpose will be to deliver humans to lunar orbit and, eventually, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}