NASA targets late August to early September launch for Artemis 1 Moon mission

NASA has set an aggressive launch target for its mission of Artemis 1 moon after the successful refueling test of June 20 “REPERTEUR inhabitants” of the SLS rocket which will carry the flight to space. In an interview with ARS Technica, Jim Free, associated administrator in the agency exploration systems development program, said this NASA week working for a launch window from August 23 to September 6 for Aretmis 1. “This is the one we target”, free said at the exit. “We would be stupid not to target this right now. We have made incredible progress last week.”

For those who keep a trace, NASA recently announced that the sooner could get Artemis 1 in space after a successful SLS refueling test was between July 26 and August 10. Instead, NASA has selected the second oldest launch window it had opened.

Before the flight can start, the technicians must make final preparations on the SLS rocket, including the replacement of a seal which led to a hydrogen leak during its June 20 test. NASA began to bring the SLS back to the Kennedy Space Center vehicle assembly building, where the staff will work on the launch vehicle on July 1. “I don’t think we are spreading to get there,” said Free. “We probably push ourselves a little, but we are not going to do something stupid.”Once Arthis 1 will finally be in progress, he will wear an unmanned Orion module during a trip around the Moon to study how the flight could affect the human body. Artemis II will later take four astronauts into the satellite before a lunar landing planned in the second half of the decade.