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NASA Announces New Artemis l Launch Date
Source: Reuters
NASA has announced that Friday’s Artemis I rescheduled launch date will be canceled due to bad weather. Instead, the unmanned space capsule will, hopefully, launch on Saturday, September 3.
We're now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 for the launch of the #Artemis I flight test around the Moon. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET (18:17 UTC). pic.twitter.com/MxwdcKHGdd
— NASA (@NASA) August 30, 2022
“Looking forward to Saturday, weather would be a little bit different than what we experienced yesterday,” Mark Berger, launch weather officer with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron, said during a media briefing. “We will have a fairly strong onshore flow, and so that does favor showers and possibly a few thunderstorms moving in from the coast during the morning and early afternoon hours.”
“I’m optimistic that we’ll have at least some clear air to work with during the afternoon to count on Saturday,” Berger added.
Artemis l will travel for approximately 40 days into the moon’s orbit. According to NASA, the space capsule will reach as close as 60 miles from the moon and then 40,000 miles above the moon before landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. The uncrewed mission around the moon will pave the way for a crewed test flight and future human lunar exploration.
According to ABC News, the window for the Artemis l launch kicks off at 2:17 p.m. ET and ends at 4:17 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Live coverage of events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at https://www.nasa.gov/live
