Artemis 1 Is Going to The Moon - Here's How It will Work || The Dude Explains

It's been nearly half a century since we last landed on the Moon. But NASA has decided to go to the Moon, yet again, and the preparations have begun.

Here's what will happen in the Artemis 1 Mission, The first step towards taking Humans back to the Moon.

Meet The Rocket

The SLS and its Parts Shown

The Rocket is called the SLS - Space Launch System. It consists of a powerful Core Stage, And 2 powerful Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs). Together they produce about 8.8 Million Pounds of Thrust. It is the most powerful rocket to ever fly. On top of it is the Second stage which will propel the spacecraft to the Moon. Inside the fairing, we have the Orion Spacecraft, which will have the Astronauts, during the Main mission, and will return them to the Earth. While launching, the Fairing has a Launch abort system, which will pull the Orion in case of emergency.

The Mission Plans

The Mission of Artemis 1 is scheduled for 29 Aug 2022, 12:33 PM UTC.

The Rocket will liftoff Uncrewed, from Launchpad 39b at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Here's what will happen during the Mission:

• SLS Lifts off and goes on high above the surface, The Boosters Detach
• The core stage continues the ascent, and after reaching a Suborbital Trajectory, Detaches and falls back to Earth
• The Second stage continues and reaches a stable Parking orbit
• Then at the right position in orbit, it fires for a trajectory to Moon. Then it detaches, Leaving behind the Service Module and Capsule
• While on the way to Moon, which will take several days, NASA will deploy several Cubesats, which are small satellites, to check the conditions.
• When Orion reaches the moon, the Service module will fire, capture into a Moon orbit, and revolve 60 Miles above the surface.
• After a number of Orbits and tests, the Service module fires again, for a way back to Earth
• It travels for several days, and when near the Atmosphere, the service module detaches, leaving only the Crew module, which will re-enter Earth
• Orion faces its heat shield towards the atmosphere, survives the intense heat, then Opens its Parachute before splashdown to slow down
• Ultimately it lands on the Ocean's surface

The whole Artemis 1 Plan explained in detail

That's how we are going back to the Moon. Soon we will see the Crewed flight to Moon too, and maybe uncover some secrets of the Moon, and learn ways to live on a different celestial body than the Earth.

Let us hope for the Best

Good Luck Artemis!

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