Recently,NASA has begun a two-day simulated countdown to prepare for the refueling of a new moon landing rocket, which will be launched as early as February 8.According to reports, this is a crucial test that will determine when the four astronauts will take the rocket to fly around the moon.
at present,Commander Reed Wiseman and his crew have entered quarantine. If the mission proceeds as planned, they will become the first humans to fly to the moon since 1972.
The "Orion" spacecraft and the new generation of lunar landing rocket "Space Launch System" (SLS) used in this mission are both the first manned missions.
This is one of the most powerful launch vehicles in the world.Specifically designed for deep space exploration, it is about 98 meters high, 8.4 meters in diameter, weighs about 2,500 tons, has a take-off thrust of 3,810 tons, and has a carrying capacity of more than 27 tons for the Earth-to-Moon transfer orbit.
It is understood that the United States announced the "Artemis" moon landing plan in 2019 and completed the "Artemis 1" unmanned flight test mission around the moon in November 2022.
According to the plan, after the completion of the "Artemis 2" manned mission around the moon, NASA will promote the implementation of the "Artemis 3" manned lunar landing mission.
