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NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flight

NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flight

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NASA’s moon rocket needs only minor repairs after enduring a hurricane at the pad and is on track for its first test flight next week, a top official said Friday. “Right now, there’s nothing preventing us” from attempting a launch on Wednesday, said NASA’s Jim Free, an associate administrator. The wind never exceeded the rocket’s […]

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NASA targets November 14 launch date for Artemis 1 mission

NASA targets November 14 launch date for Artemis 1 mission

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NASA announced that it will make its next attempt at launching the Artemis 1 mission on Monday, November 15. The space agency plans to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft during a 69-minute launch window that starts at 12.07 AM EST (9.37 AM IST) on that day. The spacecraft will […]

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NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Saturday

NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Saturday

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NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept. 3, five days after a pair of technical issues foiled an initial try at getting the spacecraft off the ground for the first time, agency officials said on Tuesday. But prospects for success on Saturday appeared clouded by […]

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NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

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Update: Since this article was published, NASA has announced that it will attempt another launch on Wednesday, September 3.  “We don’t launch until its right,” said Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, remarking on the aborted Artemis 1 launch shortly after the launch director announced that the mission is scrubbed. The mission has been postponed due to […]

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NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

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Almost fifty years after the Apollo mission, NASA is gearing up to return humanity to the Moon with its Artemis program. Artemis I, an uncrewed mission that is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions, is scheduled for launch on August 29 and will test the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and […]

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NASA Artemis 1 launch aborted for now: What’s next for the mission?

Artemis I mission: NASA begins rolling out SLS and Orion to launch pad

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Ahead of its launch, NASA is rolling out the Artemis 1 spacecraft to the Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. At around 10 PM on August 16 (7.30 AM IST on August 17), the “crawler-transporter” began the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft’s approximately six and a half […]

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