The Artemis mission starts tonight: the first step for man’s return to the moon

29 August 20222 years ago babelfish

Finally here we are! On Monday, August 29, NASA's large carrier Space Launch System (SLS) will be launched for the first time, propelling an unmanned Orion capsule on a voyage to the moon. This first crucial mission of the Artemis program is part of the preparation for sending astronauts to the moon over the course of this decade.

The Artemis 1 mission is scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Center, with a two-hour launch window starting Monday at 8:33 am ET, i.e. tonight at 2:33 am Rome time. The SLS carrier, 98 meters high, will carry the crew capsule one or Orion into orbit, which, in this first mission, will only carry mannequins; from there the capsule will make a 42-day journey to the moon and back.

You can follow the mission on the space agency's YouTube channel, the NASA app, and the agency's website. The main event launch countdown begins Saturday at 10:23 am ET and will feature briefings from NASA officials. On Monday, starting at midnight, 6pm in Italy, viewers will be able to tune in to see space engineers load propellant into the rocket. NASA's YouTube channel is visible below

The live broadcast will feature famous guests such as Keke Palmer, Jack Black and Chris Evans, as well as the performance of the American national anthem by Josh Groban and Herbie Hancock, as well as the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

It has been a while since NASA had had the opportunity to organize an event of this importance. It took over 50 years to start seeing humans return to the moon.

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