NASA's gigantic and 'most powerful' rocket begins test on its journey for Artemis programme that aims to establish a long-term lunar colony
Once secured at the pad, the SLS-Orion ship is to be prepared for a critical pre-flight test called a "wet dress rehearsal," which will begin on April 3 and take about two days to complete.
The US Apollo programme sent six manned missions to the Moon from 1969 to 1972, the only crewed spaceflights yet to reach the lunar surface. Artemis, named for the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, seeks to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the Moon, among others. The Orion capsule will carry a simulated crew of three – a male mannequin named "Commander Moonikin Campos," in honour of the late NASA engineer Arturo Campos, who played a key role in bringing Apollo 13 back to Earth after an in-flight accident, and two female mannequins. SLS team will load more than 3.2 million litres of cryogenic propellant into the rocket and practice every phase of launch countdown, stopping ten seconds before blast off.
NASA announced in November that it would aim to achieve its first human lunar landing of Artemis as early as 2025, preceded by a crewed Artemis flight around the Moon and back in 2024.
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