After repeated delays and cancellations, Artemis-1 launched from the Kennedy Space Center with 4 million kg of...
Digital Desk: The Artemis-1 is on its way to a wide orbit around the moon with no humans on board; further Artemis missions with human landings on the moon are planned.
NASA's Artemis-1 mission has successfully launched 50 years after the first human journey to the Moon. If everything goes according to plan, the rocket will launch an empty crew capsule into a broad orbit around the moon, where it will spend the rest of the month of December returning to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific.
After repeated delays and cancellations, Artemis-1 launched from the Kennedy Space Center with 4 million kg of force, reaching 160 kph in a matter of seconds. The Orion capsule will be launched into lunar orbit after two hours of flight. SLS and Orion will travel around 65,000 kilometers to the Moon and back during the roughly six-week mission.
Artemis I is NASA's unmanned flight test that will lay the groundwork for human exploration in deep space while also demonstrating NASA's dedication and competence to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond. The Artemis I mission will take the SLS rocket 42 days to complete a circumnavigation of the moon, after which the Orion will take 10 days. The Orion spacecraft will circle the moon for two weeks collecting data that will be useful to astronauts and scientists.
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