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SLS Block 1 | Artemis I

November 16, 2022 at 6:47 AM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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November 16, 2022 at 6:47 AM UTC

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6271, -80.6210

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Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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November 16, 2022 at 6:04 AM UTC
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November 16, 2022 at 8:04 AM UTC
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June 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM UTC

Mission description

Artemis I (previously Exploration Mission 1) is the first flight on Space Launch System and the second flight of Orion crew spacecraft. Mission is planned to be an uncrewed circumlunar flight.

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Artemis I Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast)

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Vehicle

Space Launch System Block 1

Space Launch System · Block 1

Height

111 m

Diameter

8.4 m

LEO capacity

95,000 kg

Successful launches

2

Launch complex

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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Mission updates

Launch NET February 2022

October 22, 2021 at 5:11 PM UTC · Nosu

First launch opportunity February 12, 2022 between 22:56 and 23:17 UTC.

October 22, 2021 at 5:37 PM UTC · Nosu

NET March 12-27 due to a malfunctioning computer in one of the main engines.

December 20, 2021 at 5:04 PM UTC · Nosu

NET March 20.

January 18, 2022 at 4:12 PM UTC · Jay

Rollout delayed, moving to TBD March

February 1, 2022 at 9:12 PM UTC · Nosu