NASA's massive new rocket began its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon this summer.
This NASA handout photo shows NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the first time to Launch Complex 39B, March 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP
Despite this, it will produce 8.8 million pounds of maximum thrust , 15 percent more than the Saturn V, meaning it's expected to be the world's most powerful rocket at the time it begins operating. After reaching the launchpad, there are roughly two more weeks' worth of checks before what's known as the "wet dress rehearsal."
This maneuver is necessary to send Orion 280,000 miles beyond Earth and 40,000 miles beyond the Moon -- further than any spaceship capable of carrying humans has ventured. It will journey around the far side of the Moon, using thrust provided by the European Space Agency thruster, and finally make its way back to Earth, where its heat shield will be tested against the atmosphere.Artemis-2 will be the first crewed test, flying around the Moon but not landing, while Artemis-3, planned for 2025, will see the first woman and first person of color touch down on the lunar south pole.
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