Watch Artermis I Moon mission live

Task Artemis 1 It will be the first for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Moon in decadessent by rocket Space Launch System (SLS) in capsule Hunter. The unmanned journey is expected to take four to six weeks. scheduled to depart next Monday (29), 9:33 am (Brazilian time).

The launch will take place at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida and NASA will broadcast the launch live. The broadcast is online even in a video on YouTube, and you can already see the rocket docked on the launch pad.

“We will establish Artemis Base Camp on the surface [da Lua] and the Moon-orbiting Portal. These elements will enable our robots and astronauts to do more research and conduct more science than ever before.”

The main purpose of Artemis 1 is to conduct an unmanned test in lunar orbit to understand the dangers of the mission – tests are conducted to understand any problems before sending a manned spacecraft to the Moon. The Artemis 2 mission should be accomplished with a manned flight to the Moon in 2024. However, a few decades later, the first Moon landing is scheduled for 2025.

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The US space agency is also preparing an entertainment event for launch day, including the participation of actors Jack Black, Chris Evans and Keke Palmer, as well as musicians Josh Groban and Herbie Hancock.

Various navigation and data collection equipment will be sent into space and will track information on the spacecraft’s trajectory, safety, radiation absorption, among other important data.

Next Sunday (28), NASA will launch the Artemis Real-Time Orbital Website (AROW), a website where viewers can track the spacecraft’s information in real-time. Information will be available one minute after the mission starts.