T-minus 4 WEEKS till the launch of NASA's newest mega-Moon rocket on the Artemis 1 mission! As a reminder, the Space Launch System (SLS) is currently set to roll back to Pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building on August 18. The super heavy-lift launch vehicle will then spend 11 days getting prepped for its long-awaited flight.
The launch of SLS is scheduled for 8:33 AM, Eastern Time (5:33 AM, Pacific Time) on August 29. If liftoff does occur that day (pray to the weather gods that it will), then the Orion spacecraft will embark on its weeks-long journey to and from the Moon...with its return to Earth after a 42-day mission taking place on October 10.
The excitement is building! Go Artemis 1!
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