The Artemis 1 mission will blast off far into space on a journey meant to test the rocket and spacecraft to their limits.
Elizabeth Howell has been covering human spaceflight since 2004. She has attended five International Space Station launches in Florida and Kazakhstan, sharing some of her astronaut experiences in her book"Canadarm and Collaboration." She has also donned a spacesuit and worked on a two-week simulated Mars mission to learn more about astronaut behavior.The Orion spacecraft firing its engines near the moon, in an artist's impression.before Orion flies on its own.
NASA is bringing the spacecraft into space this long to make a point. The agency wants to test its spacecraft to its limit to make sure it is very ready for humans, to the extent where officials said it would be"go" to push to failures that would not be acceptable with a human on board. shortly before the launch window. He said this mindset would give NASA a"lean forward" moment to be ready for humans the next time.The Space Launch System blasting off above Earth, in an artist's impression.and has never left Earth's gravity before. The core stage is more than 200 feet tall and towers over two boosters; that stage will use 730,000 gallons of supercooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to power the engines.
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