Artemis I Launch, Aug 29

[wmk]

NASA is going to launch Artemis 1 mission at 8:33 AM EDT / 1233 GMT on August 29 from Kennedy Space Center, using Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to send an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 42-day journey to lunar orbit and back.

Watch the launch on the official NASA Broadcast at --

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMLD0Lp0JBg

 

[wmk]

Pre-launch live broadcast by NASASpaceflight

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYiXWEjgcc&ab_channel=NASASpaceflight

 

[Montoya]

Exciting stuff! I want to see if we can get a TEST flag on the moon!

 

[wmk]

Exciting stuff! I want to see if we can get a TEST flag on the moon!

Well, there are some checkerboards on the rocket and Orion spacecraft -- the one on the rocket looks more TESTish though

 

[Vavrik]

If at first you don't succeed... Go and drink a beer, figure it out, then try again.*

* note. Not responsible for decisions made while drunk.

 

[wmk]

Next available launch window: Friday, Sep 2.
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