{"id":490053,"date":"2022-09-03T11:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-ready-for-second-attempt-at-lunar-launch\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T08:41:04","slug":"nasa-ready-for-second-attempt-at-lunar-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-ready-for-second-attempt-at-lunar-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA ready for second attempt at lunar launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e0fa9043ed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e0fa9043ed\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-ready-for-second-attempt-at-lunar-launch\/#%E2%80%9CNASA_ready_for_second_attempt_at_lunar_launch%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NASA ready for second attempt at lunar launch&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNASA_ready_for_second_attempt_at_lunar_launch%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NASA ready for second attempt at lunar launch&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Saturday for a second try at launching NASA\u2019s towering, next-generation moon rocket on its debut flight, hoping to have remedied engineering problems that foiled the initial countdown five days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion capsule were due for blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:17 p.m. EDT, kicking off NASA\u2019s ambitious moon-to-Mars program\u00a0Artemis\u00a0program 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission.<\/p>\n<p>The previous launch bid on Monday ended with technical problems forcing a halt to the countdown and postponement of the uncrewed flight.<\/p>\n<p>Tests indicated technicians have since fixed a leaky fuel line that contributed to Monday\u2019s canceled launch, Jeremy Parsons, a deputy program manager at the space center, told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Two other key issues on the rocket itself \u2013 a faulty engine temperature sensor and some cracks in insulation foam \u2013 have been resolved to NASA\u2019s satisfaction,\u00a0Artemis\u00a0mission manager Mike Sarafin told reporters Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Weather is always an additional factor beyond NASA\u2019s control. The latest forecast called for a 70% chance of favorable conditions during Saturday\u2019s two-hour launch window, according to the U.S. Space Force at Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n<p>If the countdown clock were halted again, NASA could reschedule another launch attempt for Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"SLS rocket.\" class=\"wp-image-23726604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>NASA is set to relaunched on either Monday or Tuesday, weather permitting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dubbed\u00a0Artemis\u00a0I, the mission marks the first flight for both the SLS rocket and the Orion capsule, built under NASA contracts with Boeing Co\u00a0BA.N\u00a0and Lockheed Martin Corp\u00a0LMT.N, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>It also signals a major change in direction for NASA\u2019s post-Apollo human spaceflight program, after decades focused on low-Earth orbit with space shuttles and the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Named for the goddess who was Apollo\u2019s twin sister in ancient Greek mythology,\u00a0Artemis\u00a0aims to return astronauts to the moon\u2019s surface as early as 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve astronauts walked on the moon during six Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972, the only spaceflights yet to place humans on the lunar surface. But Apollo, born of the U.S.-Soviet space race during the Cold War, was less <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>-driven than\u00a0Artemis.<\/p>\n<p>The new moon program has enlisted commercial partners such as SpaceX and the space agencies of Europe, Canada and Japan to eventually establish a long-term lunar base of operations as a stepping stone to even more ambitious human voyages to Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the SLS-Orion spacecraft off the ground is a key first step. Its first voyage is intended to put the 5.75-million-pound vehicle through its paces in a rigorous test flight pushing its design limits and hopefully proving the spacecraft suitable to fly astronauts.<\/p>\n<p>If the mission succeeds, a crewed\u00a0Artemis\u00a0II flight around the moon and back could come as early as 2024, to be followed within a few more years with the program\u2019s first lunar landing of astronauts, one of them a woman, with\u00a0Artemis\u00a0III.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as the most powerful, complex rocket in the world, the SLS represents the biggest new vertical launch system the U.S. space agency has built since the Saturn V of the Apollo era.<\/p>\n<p>Barring last-minute difficulties, Saturday\u2019s countdown should end with the rocket\u2019s four main R-25 engines and its twin solid-rocket boosters igniting to produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust, about 15% more thrust the Saturn V, sending the spacecraft streaking skyward.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"SLS rocket.\" class=\"wp-image-23726603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/Artemis-Launch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The SLS is scheduled to make it around the moon and back in 37-days.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About 90 minutes after launch, the rocket\u2019s upper stage will thrust Orion out of Earth orbit on course for a 37-day flight that brings it to within 60 miles of the lunar surface before sailing 40,000 miles beyond the moon and back to Earth. The capsule is expected to splash down in the Pacific on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Although no humans will be aboard, Orion will be carrying a simulated crew of three \u2013 one male and two female mannequins \u2013 fitted with sensors to measure radiation levels and other stresses that real-life astronauts would experience.<\/p>\n<p>A top objective for the mission is to test the durability of Orion\u2019s heat shield during re-entry as it hits Earth\u2019s atmosphere at 24,500 miles per hour, or 32 times the speed of sound, on its return from lunar orbit \u2013 much faster than more common re-entries of capsules returning from Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p>The heat shield is designed to withstand re-entry friction expected to raise temperatures outside the capsule to nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<p>More than a decade in development with years of delays and budget overruns, the SLS-Orion spacecraft has so far cost NASA at least $37 billion, including design, construction, testing and ground facilities. NASA\u2019s Office of Inspector <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> has projected total\u00a0Artemis\u00a0costs will run to $93 billion by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>NASA defends the program as a boon to space exploration that has generated tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in commerce.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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