When is the NASA SLS launch date?

[kuririn]

Splashdown!

 

[kuririn]

Woo hoo!

 

[modeltrains]

Love it when rocket science works!
Watched/watching on NASA's YouTube live stream.

 

[MClark]

How big are the rubber bands on the Jolly Logic?

 

[Huxter]

NASA seems to be getting it's money worth out of this mission. They're still testing beacons, boilers, cabin temps, batteries - recovery still on going

"Text Book" entry!

 

[modeltrains]

They're still testing beacons, boilers, cabin temps, batteries - recovery still on going "Text Book" entry!

Now that you mention it, they do kinda gotta get data with which to write the Orion recovery textbook.

 

[jsdemar]

 

[jsdemar]

They needed Kate.

 

[kenstarr]

This is a great day for NASA, other space agencies, and space exploration in general. This is awesome!

 

[dhbarr]

Drogues are out.
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My kids said it looked like two thousand pounds of fried eggs.

 

[Huxter]

Not so shiny anymore!

 

[kuririn]

Briefing on the re-entry and recovery later today.
Musings:
So by all accounts the mission has been a spectacular success.
But if NASA is to realize its' vision of a lunar orbiting space station (Gateway), they will have to be able to re-supply and re-crew Gateway regularly. None of this "next mission in two years" garbage.
Can they afford to launch SLS or its' replacement every 3 months or so? What if the economy turns sour and NASA's budget is cut? What about the continuous scrubs that delayed this mission?
Things to think about.

 

[jsdemar]

 

[jsdemar]

Coverage has moved to:

 

[cls]

Thanks for posting the choice pix of reentry and landing. So glad it went well.

 

[Cape Byron]

Mains are out.

Thanks for posting those pics. I was going to get up and watch, but I'd only just gone to bed...

 

[Lord Rory Gin]

Briefing on the re-entry and recovery later today.
Musings:
So by all accounts the mission has been a spectacular success.
But if NASA is to realize its' vision of a lunar orbiting space station (Gateway), they will have to be able to re-supply and re-crew Gateway regularly. None of this "next mission in two years" garbage.
Can they afford to launch SLS or its' replacement every 3 months or so? What if the economy turns sour and NASA's budget is cut? What about the continuous scrubs that delayed this mission?
Things to think about.

I watched a video the other day about why so long between Artemis 1 and 2, turns out there are multiple issues.

• A change to avoid a $100M budget hole was misguided.
• Use/reuse Block 1 vehicle and tower for the first 3 launches. Given the damage incurred for the 1st launch, it will be a while for it is ready again.
• Build of new taller Block 1B launch tower. Was to have been $383M but will cost at least $1B and earliest will be available is Nov '26 for Artemis 4. And most likely later. Blame Bechtel.
• 2 new spacesuits have to be designed for Artemis 3. 1 for astronaut protection in flight and the other for EVAs on the surface. An EVA suit is not a simple thing to design because of the microdust issue.
• Avionics boxes from Artemis 1 to be recovered and reused in Artemis 2 and will take 2 years?
• It will cost $341M for every month in delay.
• Lunar landing vehicle by SpaceX may not be ready until '28.
• Anyway what was to have been a May '24 launch for Artemis 2 will be lucky if it will be late '24 or likely early '25.
• Cadence of 1 launch per year is desired for Artemis 3 and later launches.

 

[kuririn]

I watched a video the other day about why so long between Artemis 1 and 2, turns out there are multiple issues.

• A change to avoid a $100M budget hole was misguided.
• Use/reuse Block 1 vehicle and tower for the first 3 launches. Given the damage incurred for the 1st launch, it will be a while for it is ready again.
• Build of new taller Block 1B launch tower. Was to have been $383M but will cost at least $1B and earliest will be available is Nov '26 for Artemis 4. And most likely later. Blame Bechtel.
• 2 new spacesuits have to be designed for Artemis 3. 1 for astronaut protection in flight and the other for EVAs on the surface. An EVA suit is not a simple thing to design because of the microdust issue.
• Avionics boxes from Artemis 1 to be recovered and reused in Artemis 2 and will take 2 years?
• It will cost $341M for every month in delay.
• Lunar landing vehicle by SpaceX may not be ready until '28.
• Anyway what was to have been a May '24 launch for Artemis 2 will be lucky if it will be late '24 or likely early '25.
• Cadence of 1 launch per year is desired for Artemis 3 and later launches.

Based on the delays in the Artemis program I think that Gateway is realistically out the door.

 

[lakeroadster]

Welcome home Arty!

 

[kuririn]

JWST: check.
SLS: check.
2022 has been a great year for NASA.

 

[OverTheTop]

Nice to see the mission quite successful. It was surprisingly long in duration, which is a good test for many of the newly engineered systems.

 

[lakeroadster]

JWST: check.
SLS: check.
2022 has been a great year for NASA.

We're all living the dream... The Golden Age of Rocketry

 

[kuririn]

From the briefing:
Reporter: Is there anything you would want to change from Artemis 1 to Artemis 2?
Mike Sarafin: I would like to see humans on board for Artemis 2.
Nyuk nyuk.

 

[smstachwick]

From the briefing:
Reporter: Is there anything you would want to change from Artemis 1 to Artemis 2?
Mike Sarafin: I would like to see humans on board for Artemis 2.
Nyuk nyuk.

Reminds me of the fictitious comments offered for the Ares program at the end of The Martian: “This time we hope to bring all of our astronauts back at the same time”

 

[Cape Byron]

Interesting...

Orion's 'Easter eggs' revealed: NASA flew secret messages to the moon on Artemis I

It can now be revealed that NASA's Orion spacecraft, which now is just a day away from returning to Earth, carried secret messages to the moon. What's more, the hidden notes were in plain sight the entire time.

www.collectspace.com

 

[jsdemar]

Now onboard the ship.