NASA Set To Launch Highly Awaited Moon Orbiting Mission ‘Artemis I’ From Florida

NASA is set to launch the high waited moon orbiting mission “Artemis I” on August 29.

NASA will send the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, for a month-long journey.

The uncrewed mission has been delayed for years, with the budget exceeding by billions. The Artemis I is expected to travel 1.3 million miles in a span of 42 days.

The 30-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped by an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, was rolled out earlier this month to the same historic launch complex used by the mighty Saturn V during the Apollo moonshots that ended in 1972. Engineers are busy with preflight procedures for the SLS and, if all goes well, a final countdown and liftoff will happen sometime Monday morning.

This first mission of Artemis — named after the twin sister of Apollo — is a trial run of hardware needed to go back to the moon for longer stays and more science.