The NASA The preparations for the launch of the Artemis II mission began-first manned to the lunar environment in more than 50 years-, currently scheduled for the beginning of 2026.
On May 5, the technicians relocated the ship from the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Verification Center at the agency’s Kennedy space Center Florida, where she was assembleduntil its fuel supply installation in the space port.
Within the installation of multiple load processing, engineers and technicians of the NASA Land Systems Exploration Systems Program, the propellants, high pressure gases, refrigerant and other orion fluids that the spacecraft and its crew will need to maneuver and make their 10 -day trip, reports NASA will load.
Due to the dangerous nature of the propellant load, the spacecraft is supplied with a remote way from the space launch control center. Once the supply is over, the Artemis II crew will participate in a equipment interface test. In it, Your space costumes of the Orion crew survival system will be placed and will enter the ship to test all the equipment interfaces you will need to operate during the mission.
After maintenance and final checks, the spacecraft will be transported to the installation of the Kennedy launching abortion system for integration with its launch abortion system, composed of engines and aborted engines, landing and attitude control. The system is designed to transport the crew to a safe place in case of emergency during launch or ascent on board the SLS rocket (space launch system). Once completed, the spacecraft will be transported to the vehicle assembly building for stacking on the SLS.
-Orion relocation marks the completion of an assembly and testing phase, and the beginning of key steps for launch and mission preparations, explains the agency.
During their stay in the operations and verification facilities, thousands of components of the orion systems in the spacecraft were integrated. The crew module, the service module and the crew module adapter were connected, and vacuum and acoustic tests were performed to ensure that the spacecraft can support the hard conditions of space.
The Artemis II test flight will take the Commander Reid Wiseman, the pilot Victor Glover, to the NASA Christina Mission Specialist, and the NASA, and the Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, of the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon. The mission is the first manned flight under the NASA Artemis campaign and is another step towards the missions on the lunar surface and in preparation for future human missions to Mars
FUENTE: With information from Europa Press
