Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), said that the timing of implementation of the Artemis program (“Artemis”) will not change due to the cancellation of the Space Launch System superheavy launch vehicle. . This has been reported TASS.
“We are still planning Artemis 2 in 2024 and Artemis 3 in 2025,” said the NASA head.
The launch of the superheavy launch vehicle SLS, scheduled for Saturday, had to be delayed due to a hydrogen leak during refueling.
The Artemis program includes the landing of astronauts on Earth’s moon. During the initial phase of the program’s implementation, the SLS should fly around the moon several times. At the next stage, the crew will already be on the rocket, and in 2025 NASA plans to land astronauts on the moon.
Previously reportedNASA experts have again delayed the launch of a superheavy rocket into lunar orbit because of a fuel leak during refueling. It was announced that the experts could not solve the problem, now the engineers continue to collect additional data.