Four astronauts will take part in the historic 685,000-mile journey to the moon. this artemis ii The rocket launch is scheduled for Wednesday evening, April 1. It will mark the first time humans have flown beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo 17 moon landing mission in 1972.
The mission involved a flyby of the moon, in which astronaut Designed to facilitate testing of critical spacecraft systems. Aboard the Orion spacecraft, called Integrity, will be three Americans and one Canadian: Reed Wiseman, Victor J. Glover Jr., Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.
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NASA’s website states: “Artemis II builds on the success of 2022’s unmanned Artemis I and will demonstrate the broad range of capabilities required for deep space missions. The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first crewed mission aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft.”
Artemis 2 launch date and time
The 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is scheduled to ignite on the evening of Wednesday, April 1. NASA A primary launch window was established for the mission on Wednesday night, with backup opportunities during the first six days of April.
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NASA’s on-site countdown clock starts at 4:44 pm ET, with a target launch time of 6:24 pm ET. Wednesday, April 1st. The SLS rocket sat on the launch pad after the crew arrived on Friday.
How to watch the Artemis 2 launch live broadcast
Viewers can watch NASA’s official broadcast at the following website: Youtube and NASA+ (NASA’s free, subscription-free streaming service). YouTube coverage of the tank operation will begin at 7:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday. It continues throughout the 10-day mission.
However, NASA+’s coverage is a shorter, more carefully curated broadcast. The launch began at 12:50 p.m. ET, with the crew suiting up and signing off after Orion’s solar-panel wings deployed after launch.
