Artemis, the long-term project of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which aims to send human beings to the Moon, continues as planned despite struggling with many problems. The first step of the project, which consists of 3 stages, took place.
Artemis 1 complete despite heat shield issue
The Orion spacecraft on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida was launched into space on the 97-metre-high SLS rocket on November 16 for the first step of the Moon mission. The spacecraft, which sat in lunar orbit in the past weeks, fulfilled the expected missions.
John Honeycutt, director of NASA’s SLS program, used the following statements regarding performance;
We continued to see outstanding performance from the SLS and it did an outstanding job, meeting all of our expectations and actually exceeding most. Post-flight data analysis continues to show that SLS is ready. Everything is ready for crewed Artemis missions.
Artemis 1, which is seen as the first step of major projects on the moon, has left many problems behind since its launch. The project, which has been delayed many times, also had a heat shield problem in lunar orbit. However, officials say the observed problems are very important for the next mission, Artemis 2.
NASA will announce its four-man crew to take part in the Artemis II mission in early 2023. Artemis II will set the stage for the first manned Moon landing since the end of the Apollo program in 1972, and eventually a permanent NASA presence on the Moon.
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