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September 21, as a NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts launch and dock to the International Space Station, NASA will provide live coverage of significant events (ISS). They will stay in the orbital laboratory for six months. On September 21, at 9:54 a.m. EDT (6:54 a.m. PDT), NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin will launch in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (6:54 p.m. Baikonur time). The NASA app, website, and Public Channel of NASA Television will all provide coverage starting at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT). Additionally, starting at 7 a.m., NASA will broadcast live coverage of an Artemis I tanking test on NASA TV's Media Channel. Frank Rubio, a NASA astronaut, examines the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft before takeoff. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio conducts preflight checks in the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. On September 21, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos...

The next launch window for Artemis I, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft's first combined flight test beyond the Moon, and the dates for a cryogenic demonstration test have been modified by NASA. NASA has modified its proposal for a launch opportunity on September 27 and will undertake the demonstration test no earlier than Wednesday, September 21. A potential backup launch window on October 2 is also being considered. The revised dates were chosen after giving various logistical issues significant thought. These include the added benefit of having more time to be ready for the launch and, in turn, more time to get ready for the cryogenic demonstration test. Additionally, managers can use these data to make sure teams get enough rest and have time to restock their cryogenic propellant supplies. On Friday, September 2, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orion spacecraft is pictured atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Launch Pad 39B as ...

On Monday, August 29, 2022, as the launch countdown nears, a NASA helicopter flies past the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft mounted atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B. NASA and Joel Kowsky The launch of Artemis I will take place on Saturday, September 3 at 2:17 p.m. EDT (11:17 a.m. PDT), at the start of a two-hour window. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the ground systems, and the Orion spacecraft are being tested together for the first time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission management gathered on Tuesday, August 30, to examine data and create a future plan for handling problems that came up during a flight test launch attempt on August 29. The four RS-25 engines could not be chilled down to minus 420 degrees Fahrenheit during the launch attempt. Engine 3 in particular displayed higher temperatures compared to the other engines. Teams also detected a hydrogen leak on a component of the tail service mast umbilica...

All of the components that make up the rocket's boosters were created by Northrop Grumman in Promontory, Utah, where the process began. The booster segments were brought to Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility, or RPSF, after a 10-day cross-country trip. If anything seems similar, it's because the processing of the shuttle booster segments, which all originated in Utah, was done at the same site. The rest of the motor segments are then put together and placed on top of the mobile launcher as they prepare to enter the famed Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. The one thing about this car, of course, is that it is made all throughout the nation. All of the elements arrive here. Although they may be produced all throughout the country, the Vehicle Assembly Building is where they are all assembled. 8.8 million pounds of thrust will be produced by our SLS rocket in order to overcome the gravitational pull of the Earth. The Space Shuttle and the Saturn V...

Before rolling out to Launch Pad 39B, engineers and technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida finished the Artemis I Moon rocket's last checks and tests. Prior to a planned launch on August 29, NASA is aiming for a rollout on Tuesday, August 16 as early as 9 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. PDT). Yesterday, the crawler-transporter passed by the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Teams are at present getting ready to put out the integrated stack. Secured in Artemis I Orion Crew Module Seat is Moonikin A photo taken on August 3, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida shows Moonikin "Campos" seated in the Artemis I Orion crew module atop the Space Launch System rocket. The photo was taken in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Source: NASA The team finished testing the flight termination system over the weekend, which was the last significant task before shutting down the rocket and retracting the last s...

Governments may face fatal repercussions if they do nothing about space rocket debris. In the next ten years, there is a six to ten percent possibility that re-entering rocket stages that have been abandoned during space flights would gravely harm or kill a human, according to recent University of British Columbia research. Researchers claim that governments must unite and pass laws requiring rocket stages to be safely guided back to Earth after use. This might increase the price of a launch, but it might also save lives. Is it acceptable to consider the loss of human life as just a necessary evil, or should we try to prevent it whenever possible? The key takeaway here is that we can mitigate this danger, according to the primary author and professor of political science at UBC, Dr. Michael Byers. To launch items into space, such satellites, rockets are employed, some of which are frequently left in orbit. If their orbit is low enough, these abandoned rocket stages may conduct an uncon...