Artemis 1 - NASA Return to the Moon

[Gary]

Artemis 1 rolls out tomorrow, launch set for Monday 29th August. First step on the road to manned missions back to the Moon

TOMORROW! The Artemis I Moon rocket will roll to the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 9 p.m. ET on Aug. 16.

The livestream of the rollout begins at 3 p.m. Keep up with the day's activities on the blog: https://go.nasa.gov/3Qt0Q6y.

[Gary]

Artemis 2 currently planned for 2024 will see astronauts circling the moon for the first time since 1972. Artemis 3 planned for 2025 will see the 1st women set foot on the moon and the 13th man

[Gary]

Live coverage has started https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/08/16/a ... 1Jd9gRoIUk

As some thunder has spooked my dog, I’ll be watching

[jingernut]

Can't wait for this to happen. Purely for the flat earthers on YouTube. Can hear the cries of it's all CGI and fake now.

Exciting times.

[Pune]

I do believe Shawn the sheep will be in the pilots seat

[Gary]

Launch given the go ahead to proceed

We are "GO"ing!

The Flight Readiness Review for NASA’s #Artemis I mission has concluded, and teams are proceeding toward a two-hour launch window that opens at 8:33 a.m. EDT Monday, August 29, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B in Florida. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration will hold a media conference at approximately 8 p.m. EDT to discuss the outcome of the review. Listen live >> nasa.gov/live

[podge]

Cheers for the heads up on this

[Gary]

NASA saying 70% chance of launch on Monday. Countdown to start on Saturday at 15.23 BST

[Gary]

Launch chances improving again. NASA now saying 80%

#Artemis I Weather Update: Weather has improved to 80% for the start of the launch window at 8:33 a.m. EDT on Mon., Aug. 29. Primary concerns are cumulus clouds and flying through precipitation.

[Nighthawk237]

NASA has just announced, at 13:37 BST, that the launch has been scrubbed for today (Monday 29th)

[Gary]

Just woke up in time to hear the scrubbed call

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Looks yo be going ahead on Friday now, Was cancelled today due to fuel leak and a crack in the rocket.

[Gary]

Launch now set for Saturday 3rd September. Launch window is 19.17 to 21.17 UK time

[Gary]

Looks like another delay, next launch window is Tuesday

[Gary]

The #Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful. Join NASA leaders later today for a news conference. Check for updates: youtu.be/JWAA5P-iFJs

[cat1]

Good to see they have learnt from their previous failures

[airfixpilot]

50 years on and here We go again. After watching the Apollo 11 and the other moon landings after, its taken this long. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin would be pleased. I wonder if they will land near the moon rover and take it for a drive cross the lunar landscape. haha.
As Buzz would say, One small step for man , one giant leap for mankind, and sod the expense.

[TealRain]

NHC is currently predicting hurricane conditions for the Florida peninsula for early next week so I’d be surprised if they don’t announce a roll back at the next briefing. I think they’d be hard pushed to get it back out there for the 3rd October (I think) launch opp, better safe than not at all!

[TealRain]

NHC is currently predicting hurricane conditions for the Florida peninsula for early next week so I’d be surprised if they don’t announce a roll back at the next briefing. I think they’d be hard pushed to get it back out there for the 3rd October (I think) launch opp, better safe than not at all!

EDIT - latest track shows it will miss that part of Florida so fingers crossed for the 2nd October - unless anything changes again. It's nice to be wrong!

[Gary]

All the potential launch windows



https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/file ... ug2022.pdf