NASA’s Artemis II Launches On Mission Aiming To Go Further Than Man Has Gone Before

NASA’s Artemis II mission launched at 6:35 p.m. on April 1 from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.

The rocket and Orion spacecraft launched after the 10-minute hold was extended according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) live update page. Engineers looked into a sensor on the “launch abort system’s attitude control motor battery” that was “believed to be an instrumentation issue” that would not influence take-off. A unanimous “go” was later given under the direction of Artemis II Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.

The twin solid boosters had separated as of 6:37 p.m. and the jettison fairings that enclose the launch abort system and the service module as of 6:38 p.m., NASA said. The Space Launch System’s (SLS) main cut off was completed by 6:43 p.m.

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