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NASA all set to launch Artemis...Artemis 1 will be the maiden flight of the new Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA’s ambitious Artemis 1 mission is all set to take an essential step toward returning humans to the Moon nearly after a half-century. The task is scheduled to launch at 6:00 pm IST on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Orion capsule on a more than month-long journey around the Moon. This launch mission marks the debut of the most powerful rocket, the Space Launch System, or SLS, with the Orion spacecraft sitting on top.
While Artemis 1 will not carry astronauts nor land on the Moon, the mission is critical to demonstrate that NASA’s deep space capsule and rocket can deliver on their promised abilities. Artemis 1 will be the maiden flight of the new Space Launch System (SLS). According to NASA, the Space Launch System, or SLS, is a heavy lift vehicle. It is the most powerful rocket engine ever flown to space, much more powerful than Apollo’s Saturn V system, which took astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s and ‘70s. The Artemis 1 mission is the ultimate test for NASA, aiming to return astronauts to the Moon by 2025. This unmanned flight will test the SLS rocket readiness and the Orion capsule's fitness to carry astronauts.