NASA sets new Artemis launch

NASA will try for the third time to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Nov. 14 after facing setbacks with two previous attempts and a postponement caused by Hurricane Ian.

 

The launch will take place on a Monday next month at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with a 69-minute launch window opening at 12:07 a.m., NASA said in a news release.

 

Backup days will be available on Nov. 16 at 1:04 a.m. and Nov. 19 at 1:45 a.m., both with a two-hour launch window.

 

NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first major test for the space agency’s program, which aims to send astronauts back to the moon for the first time in about 50 years.

 

In Artemis I, the SLS will rocket off into space and send the unmanned exploration spacecraft Orion more than 40,000 miles past the moon before it circles back to Earth.