The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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2020-09-02T18:40:00+0000
Flight Support Booster-1 (FSB-1) is a full-scale solid rocket booster ground test that supports flights of NASA's Space Launch System. The objective is to confirm motor performance and manufacturing quality of the booster.
2020-12-20T12:00:00+0000
Engineers demonstrated loading, controlling and draining more than 700,000 gallons (2.6 million liters) of cryogenic propellants into the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks and then returning the stage to a safe condition. Toward the end of the simulated terminal countdown, the test automatically stopped due to a valve closure being off by a fraction of a second. The team has corrected the timing, and additional analysis clears the way for hot fire.
2021-01-16T22:26:00+0000
The core stage of the Space Launch System will undergo the final 'Green Run' test, where the four RS-25 engines will be fired for 8 minutes, demonstrating performance similar to an actual launch.
2021-01-17T01:00:00+0000
NASA will host a press conference on the results of the SLS Green Run Hot Fire. The test was aborted approximately 1 minute into an 8 minute hot fire.
2021-03-18T20:37:00+0000
NASA successfully conducted a second Green Run hot fire with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage that will launch the Artemis I mission to the Moon. The four RS-25 engines were fired for 8 minutes, demonstrating performance similar to an actual launch.
2021-04-28T19:49:00+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2021-08-05T18:30:00+0000
"RS-25 engine testing for future #Artemis missions continues TODAY! Tune in to a Facebook Live event tentatively scheduled between 1:30-3:30 p.m. CDT!" - NASA
2021-09-30T19:20:00+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand 19:20 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2021-10-22T17:00:00+0000
NASA is holding a teleconference to update media on the Artemis-1 mission.
2021-12-15T21:00:00+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand between 20:00 and 21:00 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2022-01-19T19:59:07+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand between 19:30 and 21:30 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2022-02-08T20:57:04+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand around 20:57 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2022-02-24T19:18:40+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand between 19:30 and 21:30 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2022-02-24T19:30:00+0000
NASA will host a media teleconference to provide an update on progress toward the launch of the agency’s uncrewed Artemis-1 mission.
2022-03-14T21:30:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the rollout of the Space Launch System rocket, currently scheduled for March 17th, as well as the wet-dress rehearsal the vehicle will undergo.
2022-03-17T21:45:00+0000
NASA will roll out their first fully stacked Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to LC-39B, where it will complete a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) which involves loading the vehicle with propellants and taking the vehicle through the countdown to ignition where the countdown is halted. After the WDR, NASA will roll the vehicle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to complete final checks prior to rolling out for launch later this year. The rollout is expected to take around 11 hours, and will utilise an upgraded crawler transporter - the same system its predecessors (Space Shuttle, Ares, Saturn, etc.) used.
2022-03-23T19:30:00+0000
NASA will host a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, March 23, to provide an update on the agency’s goals to transport astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface of the Moon under Artemis.
2022-03-30T18:56:30+0000
NASA will conduct an RS-25 engine test on the A-1 Test Stand at around 18:57 UTC at the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
2022-04-03T21:30:00+0000
NASA will provide an update on the wet dress rehearsal which began Friday, April 1, and was halted Sunday at T-6 hours due to an issue with a fan required to maintain pressure to the enclosed areas of the mobile launcher.
2022-04-05T20:00:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference regarding the Artemis-1 wet dress rehearsal at 8 p.m. UTC. The purpose of the briefing is to provide insight into the scrub on April 5th due to an anomaly with a panel on the mobile launcher which controls the core stage vent valve during tanking.
2022-04-11T20:00:00+0000
NASA will provide an update on the Artemis-1 SLS wet dress rehearsal.
2022-04-15T19:00:00+0000
NASA will provide an update on the Artemis-1 SLS wet dress rehearsal.
2022-04-25T23:00:00+0000
NASA will roll the Artemis-1 SLS rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to complete checkouts and conduct repairs.
2022-05-05T19:30:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference at to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2022-05-27T16:00:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
2022-06-06T04:15:00+0000
NASA will roll out their Space Launch System (SLS) rocket back to LC-39B, where it will perform a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) which involves loading the vehicle with propellants and taking the vehicle through the countdown to ignition where the countdown is halted. The rollout is expected to take around 11 hours, and will utilize an upgraded crawler transporter - the same system its predecessors (Space Shuttle, Ares, Saturn, etc.) used.
2022-06-15T15:00:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference ahead of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
2022-06-20T20:30:00+0000
NASA will perform a wet dress rehearsal of the SLS launch vehicle ahead of the Artemis-1 mission.
2022-06-21T15:00:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference after the second wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
2022-06-24T15:00:00+0000
NASA will hold a media teleconference to discuss next steps for the Artemis I mission with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
2022-07-02T08:12:00+0000
NASA will roll the Artemis-1 SLS rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to prepare it for launch.