The Artemis era of human space exploration beyond low Earth orbit launched at 1:47 a.m. EST on November 16, 2022. Artemis I was the first integrated flight of the agency’s new super heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), and the next-generation spacecraft for astronauts, Orion. The mission sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit about the Moon. During the 25-day mission, NASA collected valuable data on the performance of the launch vehicle and crew spacecraft and information on the deep space environment where crews will soon operate. Orion splashed down approximately 80 miles off the coast of Baja, California, at the conclusion of the mission December 11. This paper will provide a summary of the launch campaign from vehicle integration and testing through completion of the upper stage phase with primary emphasis on SLS. It will also discuss highlights of progress on manufacturing and testing of SLS hardware and software for upcoming Artemis missions.


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    Title :

    NASA’s Space Launch System: Artemis I Results and the Path Forward


    Contributors:
    J. Honeycutt (author) / J. Blevins (author) / S. Cobb (author) / W. Bryan (author)

    Publication date :

    2023


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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