NASA will talk about its hurricane security plan for the Artemis 1 moon rocket right this moment (Sept. 27), and you’ll hear reside.
The company will maintain a media briefing right this moment following the roughly 10-hour rollback of the Artemis 1 mission’s Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket from the launch pad to Kennedy Area Heart’s Car Meeting Constructing (VAB) in coastal Florida. The rollback started round 11:20 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26 (0320 GMT Tuesday), and Artemis 1 entered the VAB simply earlier than 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 GMT) right this moment.
Stay protection of the press convention can be out there right here at Area.com, via NASA Television (opens in new tab), beginning round 2 p.m EDT (1800 GMT).
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Artemis 1 was speculated to launch towards the moon right this moment, following a number of delays for technical or climate causes. However Hurricane Ian scuttled that plan, and NASA finally determined to roll the Artemis 1 stack to the VAB to trip out the storm. A brand new launch date hasn’t but been introduced.
Members in right this moment’s briefing embrace:
- Janet Petro, heart director, Kennedy Area Heart
- Jim Free, affiliate administrator, Exploration Techniques Growth Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
“NASA used the newest data supplied by the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Area Drive, and the Nationwide Hurricane Heart to information its choice making. As heart director, Petro will present huge image hurricane preparations underway at Kennedy,” company officers wrote (opens in new tab) of the briefing.
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Artemis 1 has now rolled again to the VAB 3 times. The mission additionally rolled off the pad in late April and early July, after fueling checks that have been sophisticated by a number of technical issues.
NASA then rolled the rocket out to the launch pad on Aug. 16 and successfully completed one other fueling take a look at final week, though a number of launch alternatives needed to be missed because of extra points with the rocket or with climate.
Artemis 1 will ship an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to the moon for about 40 days, relying on the launch date, and take a look at key methods forward of the crewed Artemis 2 moon mission, which is predicted to launch in 2024.
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