The inaugural launch will send the $20.4 billion Orion on a 25-day journey to the Moon and back, in a mission that will require the uncrewed capsule to travel a total distance of 1.3 million miles ...

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Friday morning ... Artemis 1 emerges from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 4, 2022.

Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket looks from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) elevator. Credit: Space.com | Footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Cafe Bossa by River ...

NASA’s Space Launch System has been under development for decades. Here are the stories to read as the rocket makes its big debut: carrying the Orion capsule to space as part of the Artemis 1 ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 ...

Artemis-1 is now scheduled for a launch attempt on Monday, November 14, 2022. The launch window opens at 12:07 a.m. EST and closes 69 minutes later at 01:16 a.m. EST. New back-up dates for Artemis ...

NASA won't try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission again for at least a few weeks. ... It's been almost 50 years since the space agency last launched a vehicle designed to carry people to the moon.

Related: Launch attempt of Artemis 1 scrubbed after leak detected; next try will come in October Both locations have their merits and challenges. “There is a risk versus risk trade. Doing it at ...

The countdown for the Artemis 1 launch formally started at 10:23 a.m. Eastern after a meeting of the ... Sarafin said NASA estimated a 1-in-125 chance of a loss of the Orion vehicle on Artemis 1.

To complete its mission, Artemis 1 needs the moon to be in a proper place in its orbit around Earth. That opportunity has passed by, and the next launch window doesn’t begin until late September ...

Artemis 1 mission: NASA's Space Launch System and Orion are set to launch from Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39B no earlier than 8:33 a.m. on August 29.