The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has arrived at launch pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pushing NASA nearer to the Moon. Standing 322-feet-tall, the rocket coated a 6.4 km journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad in nearly 9 hours. NASA revealed that the mission groups will now configure the rocket with the Orion spacecraft for the subsequent Artemis 1 launch try on November 14.

Artemis 1 is the uncrewed mission below the Artemis Program and is scheduled to raise off from the Kennedy Space Center throughout a 69-minute-long launch window that opens at 9:37 am IST. The SLS rocket was rolled again to the VAB attributable to Hurricane Ian which value NASA a number of launch makes an attempt in October. 

In a current replace concerning the rocket, the company revealed that the engineers changed batteries in a few of the launch automobile’s parts within the VAB. Few different upkeep works was carried out within the rocket in addition to the Orion spacecraft, which can journey farther than any spacecraft has across the Moon. 

It is value noting that November 14 could be the third try by NASA to launch the SLS rocket because the earlier one on August 29 was scrubbed attributable to a complication in one of many engines and once more on September 3 attributable to gas leaks. If the subsequent try is foiled, the launch would possibly slip additional even to December. According to the calendar launched by NASA in May this 12 months, there are 12 launch alternatives in November between the dates 12 and 27 whereas the month of December affords 11 launch alternatives barring the dates 10, 14, 18, and 23. 

The Artemis Program

A follow-up of the Apollo Program, Artemis will take astronauts again to the Moon after over 5 many years. The Artemis Program additionally includes the event of a lunar house station that may function a habitat and a analysis heart for astronauts that may help within the Moon touchdown and the event of sustainable bases. What’s unlucky, nonetheless, is that the formidable endeavour has been mired in years of delays and an inflated price range value billions of US {dollars}. According to a number of media experiences, the SLS rocket was alleged to launch in 2016 and every Artemis mission was alleged to value $500 million, which has now crossed $4 billion.