Today NASA will try to launch a rocket to the moon: where to watch in Russian

The launch of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft is scheduled for today, September 3, between 14:17 pm and 16:17 pm (New York time) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. How to watch the launch of the Artemis-1 mission, the publication said CNN.

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Although there is no crew on board, the mission is the first step in the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon and eventually land them on Mars.

There is a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for a launch, with chances increasing to 80% by the end of the window, meteorologist Melody Lovin said.

If the rocket fails to launch on September 3rd, the next possible launch window will be Monday, September 5th.

Once launched, the Orion spacecraft will enter the moon's far retrograde orbit and travel 40 miles (000 km) beyond it, farther than any human-carrying spacecraft. Crews will depart aboard Artemis 64 on a similar trajectory in 373, and astronauts are due to arrive at the south pole of the moon at the end of 2 as part of the Artemis 2024 mission.

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The Artemis program is designed to land the first woman and the first non-white man on the moon.

The agency will share live broadcasts and reports in English and Spanish on NASA TV. The broadcast began at 05:45, when the SLS rocket was loaded with ultra-cold propellant.

You can see it in Russian here.

After launch, NASA will hold a briefing and share the first views of Earth from cameras aboard the Orion spacecraft.

Orion's journey will last about 38 days. It will reach the moon, make a loop around it and return to Earth after traveling 1,3 million miles (2,1 million kilometers).

The capsule will splash down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on October 11.

Cameras inside and outside the Orion will share images and video throughout the mission, including live feed from the Callisto experiment, which will capture a dummy named Commander Munikin Campos in the commander's seat.

What to Expect Before, During and After Launch

Countdown to launch

Early on Saturday morning, the launch team held a briefing on weather conditions and decided whether to start fueling the rocket.

The team began refueling the rocket's main stage and then proceeded to refuel its upper stage. The team will then refuel and replenish all liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that are dissipated during the refueling process.

Approximately 50 minutes before launch, the final briefing by NASA's test director will take place. The launch director will interview the team to ensure each station is ready to go 15 minutes before launch.

After 10 minutes have passed, the spacecraft and rocket go through the final stages. Much of the action takes place at the last minute, when the ground launch sequencer sends a command to the missile's automated launch sequencer.

In the last seconds, hydrogen will burn out, four RS-25 engines will start, resulting in a launch.

Travel to the moon

The solid rocket boosters will separate from the spacecraft after about two minutes of flight and splash down into the Atlantic Ocean, with other components jettisoned shortly thereafter. The main stage of the rocket will separate in about eight minutes and fly away towards the Pacific Ocean, which will allow the wings of the Orion solar array to be deployed.

The perigee-elevation maneuver will occur approximately 12 minutes after launch, when the intermediate cryogenic propulsion stage has burned to raise Orion's altitude and it has not re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.

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Shortly thereafter, the Orion will accelerate from 17 miles per hour (500 kilometers per hour) to 28 miles per hour (163 kilometers per hour) to avoid Earth's pull and head for the Moon.

Around 21:45 Orion will make its first outgoing trajectory correction using the European Service Module, which provides the spacecraft with power, propulsion and temperature control. This maneuver will put Orion on its way to the Moon.

In the next few days after launch, Orion will fly to the Moon within 60 miles (96 kilometers) of its closest approach on the sixth day of the journey. The service module will put Orion into deep orbit around the Moon on Day 10.

Orion will, among other things, surpass the distance record of 248 miles (654 kilometers) set by Apollo 400 in 169 on the 13th day it orbits the moon.

The spacecraft will reach its maximum distance from Earth of 280 miles (000 kilometers) on September 450 when it travels 616 miles (23 kilometers) beyond the moon.

On October 5, Orion will make its second closest approach to the lunar surface, approaching at a distance of 804 km. The service module will experience a burn that will allow the moon's gravity to send the Orion back to Earth.

Just before re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, the service module will separate from the Orion. The spacecraft, traveling at about 25 miles per hour (000 kilometers per hour), will crash into Earth's upper atmosphere, and its heat shield will experience temperatures of nearly 40 degrees Fahrenheit (233 degrees Celsius).

The atmosphere will slow Orion to about 300 miles per hour (482 kilometers per hour), and a series of parachutes will slow it down to less than 20 miles per hour (32 kilometers per hour) before it lands in the Pacific Ocean at 22:00 p.m. Eastern Time October 11th.

The splashdown will be streamed live from the NASA website. The landing team will assemble the Orion capsule, and the data from the spacecraft will determine the next steps to return people to the moon.

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