Humanity is ready to set foot on the Moon once again! With the Artemis 1 mission, the SLS rocket is sending the Orion spacecraft to the Moon on September 2 (not finalized). Live stream link: • Artemis 1 - Fırlatma ...
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With the ARTEMIS 1 mission, the world's most powerful rockets currently active will be fired, and an unmanned capsule will be sent to the Moon and brought back.
I will broadcast this very important historical launch live and I will go into much more technical details there, so those who are curious can follow that broadcast by using the live broadcast link I have given below. In this video, I want to explain both the importance of this launch and the features of the ARTEMIS program.
Just like the APOLLO program, the ARTEMIS program also aims to make a manned landing on the Moon. In Greek mythology, Artemis is Apollo's sister. Already in this space mission, NASA plans to send the first female astronaut to set foot on the Moon. Normally, they were targeting 2024 for this, but due to program disruptions, the new target is 2025. With the Artemis 3 mission, It is planned to both send a woman and a non-white person to the Moon for the first time.
This requires two preliminary rehearsals: Artemis 1 and 2 missions were designed for this very reason. Artemis 1, which will be launched tomorrow, will be unmanned, but with all its features, an exercise will be held as if it was carrying a human.
During their mission, Artemis crews will live aboard Orion, a capsule designed to keep a crew of four alive and healthy for up to 21 days in space. Each Orion capsule will fly with a European Service Module provided by the European Space Agency, which will carry solar panels, life support systems, fuel tanks and the main engine needed to enter lunar orbit.
As you can see, the most important difference from the Apollo missions is that NASA works not only with US manufacturers, but also with space agencies from different nations by making an international cooperation. In particular, the "cooperation skills" gained on the International Space Station differentiate this mission from the first Moon mission.
A very powerful rocket is needed to start Orion's journey to the Moon, which will carry the astronauts. For this, the SLS, the Space Launch System, was developed. This rocket is prepared as a three-stage system that burns a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Its first stage uses four RS-25 rocket engines originally developed for the space shuttle program.
Each SLS rocket also uses two large solid propellant boosters attached to either side of this first main stage. All this together will produce a thrust of 8.8 million pounds at launch. That's 15% more than the Saturn V of the Apollo program.
If this rocket, which is about 100 meters/328 feet, can be launched successfully tomorrow, it will have the title of "the most powerful rocket to leave the earth" so far. However, it will probably be able to retain this title for a very short time. Because Starship, developed by SpaceX and whose test stages I have been broadcasting for years, will become the largest and most advanced rocket in the world when it performs its first orbital launch towards the end of this year, as it is 20 meters higher and will have almost twice the thrust.
So this year we will witness very large and very powerful rocket launches.
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