NASA has started to rolling out the Space Launch System ( SLS ) Rocket and Orion Capsule to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida .
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| A render of the SLS rocket and Orion Capsule taking off for the Artemis-1 Mission . Credit: NASA |
NASA's Artemis-1 Mission is going to be launched in a few days . So , NASA has started to roll out the Artemis-1 Spacecraft to the Launch Pad 39B at MASA's Kenedy Space Center in Florida . On 16th August , around 10:00 pm ( IST : 17th August , 7:30 am ) , the Crawler-Transporter began the SLS and Orion approximately 6½ KM. journey to the Launch Pad .
Artemis-1 is scheduled to launch from the Launch-Pad no earlier than 29th August . SLS will be powered by 5 segment boosters and 4 RS-25 engines . It can produce more than 3.9 Million Kilograms of thrust . SLS will carry the Orion Capsule on the top . Orion will separate from the SLS after it comes the Low-Earth-Orbit ( LEO ) . After orbiting the Earth , it will deploy Solar Arrays . After that , the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage will give the Orion Capsule a push to leave Earth's Orbit and travel to the Moon . At this stage , Orion will detach from the ICPS , within about two hours from the launch time . Then the CubeSat satellites will be deployed by the ICPS , including the BioSentinel , it will carry a Cargo of yeast into deep space . The CubeSats will perform various types of experiments and technical demonstrations .
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Orion will be powered a service module , designed by the European Space Agency ( ESA ) , on its path from the Low-Earth-Orbit to the Moon . The Module will supply Orion's propulsion system and power . In future this module will also be used for the Artemis-2 and Artemis-3 missions . This journey of Orion will take several days . Orion will stay in the LEO for approximately 6 days to collect data and allow NASA's Artemis-1 Mission Team to acess its performance . After that , Orion Capsule will once again come close to about 95 Kilometres from the Lunar Surface . Then it will use a precisely timed Engine Firing of the Service-Module and the Moon's Gravity to accelerate back to the Earth .
Orion will enter to the Earth's Atmosphere with about 40,000 Kilometres per hour . It will produce around 3,000°C temperature , while returning back . The total mission may take around 3 weeks and Orion will travel around 2 Million Miles . Then Orion should make a precision landing . If everything goes as planned , it will land near the Coast of Baja in California . There recovery ship of U.S. Navy will recover the Orion Capsule .
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Artemis-1 : NASA Has Started to Roll Out the SLS Rocket and Orion Capsule to Launch-Pad .
