Paul Sutton

NASA

Artemis 1 – Mission part 10

The Atemis 1 mission is going really well, the next main event will be Monday. See below. Time is Eastern Time, USA.

(All times U.S. Eastern Standard Time, which equates to UTC-5.)

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7:15 a.m ET. – Artemis I coverage of the outbound powered flyby of the Moon by the Orion spacecraft

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 9

Successful launch on the morning of 16/11/2022. Humans are going back to the Moon.

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Launch starts about 3h:13 mins in to the video.

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 8

The plan is to try another launch during week commencing 14/11/2022. Check the NASA site for details. Fingers Crossed the launch can go ahead after a series of setbacks due to weather, technical issues etc.

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Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 currently predict 90% favorable weather conditions for the Artemis I launch targeted for Nov. 16. Liftoff is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EST with a two-hour launch window.

The mission management team will meet this afternoon to review the status of preparations for launch. NASA will host a teleconference at 7 p.m. to discuss the outcome following the meeting. Listen on the agency’s website at: [https://www.nasa.gov/live] (https://www.nasa.gov/live).

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DART Plantary Defense Test

While NASA has been busy with the Artemis mission to the moon, which has been subject to technical setbacks, more recently a weather event. Nevertheless they are still busy.

Their latest mission (DART), has been a success. The idea behind this, is to crash a probe in to an asteroid, with the view to changing it's trajectory. This is useful as once we know that this is possible, we can protect the Earth from incoming asteroids or potentially other objects.

I have asked a few related questions on Science Forums, a link to which is below.

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Update: Looks like the mission worked and the asteroid changed direction

bbc, 11th October 2022

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 7

The plan is to try another launch during 27/9/2022. Check the NASA site for details. NASA is keeping an eye on the weather and an approaching tropical storm. Fingers Crossed the launch can go ahead.

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 6

The plan is to try another launch during the next window. This will be week commencing 20/9/2022. Check the NASA site for details. Fingers crossed all the issues have been solved and the launch can go ahead as planned.

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James Webb Update 6/9/2022

Latest image from the James Webb Telescope, Tarantula Nebula

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 5

An update on the Artemis 1 moon mission can be found on the NASA blog

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Artemis 1 – Mission part 4

The planned Artemis launch for Saturday 3rd September has been scrubbed due to the Hydrogen leak problem

There other launch windows so NASA will try again on the next available date.

These missions are not easy, it is a case of trying to find out what is causing the problem, fixing it and trying again.

There is a link to a downloadable launch window calender here

artemis display Display at Paignton Library

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James Webb Update 1/9/2022

Latest image from the James Webb Telescope is the first image of a distant world taken by the telescope. The first of many that will hopefully be taken over the coming years.

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