NASA's Artemis I Rocket Finally Rolled To The Moon, Congratulations!

NASA has just successfully launched the Artemis I mission into lunar orbit from the runway of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States (US) at 10.30 WIB. (photo: dock.NASA)

JAKARTA - NASA has just successfully launched the Artemis I mission into lunar orbit from the runway of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States (US) at 10.30 WIB.

In a live NASA broadcast via its YouTube channel, it can be seen that the Artemis I crew is preparing to launch the Orion spacecraft aboard the giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

For this first mission, the SLS payload is not a human but a Shaun the Sheep doll and also bunny. The crew is waiting for T-minus to give the booster full power, as well as streamline an autonomous system for the rocket to launch automatically.

We are going.For the first time, the @NASA_SLS rocket and @NASA_Orion fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration. pic.twitter.com/vmC64Qgft9

— NASA (@NASA) November 16, 2022

Shortly thereafter, the Artemis I crew carried out a count-back to remove the SLS rocket from its anchor. After that, it was seen that the rocket slid quickly into space accompanied by sparks from the rocket boostersauding the Florida night sky.

Some time later, we are presented with an amazing view of Earth's atmosphere. In the ninth minute, the main engine of the core stage of the SLS rocket was successfully turned off. Then, Orion and the upper stage or cryogenic propulsion stage are temporarily separated from the core stage.

It is reported that Orion will sail for 25 days by traveling 1.3 million miles to test various orbits with a closest distance of 62 miles, swinging past the Moon and returning to Earth faster than any spacecraft.

This journey is not just penetrating Earth's atmosphere, but also a historic mission to send humans to the Moon.

The successful launch of Artemis I marks that further missions will soon be prepared, namely Artemis II, which will fly on the same path, but this time with the crew.

Then Artemis III, which will aim to place the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, is likely the fastest by 2025.