Space! A new era of space exploration continues

PostRe: Space! by **SEP** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:39 am

Pretty excited for this

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:41 am

Preezy wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62707359

The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocket - the Space Launch System.

SLS is the most powerful vehicle ever developed by Nasa, and will be the foundation of its Artemis project which aims to put people back on the lunar surface after a 50-year absence.

The rocket is timed to go up from the Kennedy Space Centre at 08:33 local time (12:33 GMT; 13:33 BST) on Monday.

Its job will be to propel a test capsule, called Orion, far from Earth.

This spacecraft will loop around the Moon on a big arc before returning home to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in six weeks' time.

Going to watch the launch with the volume up LOUD

Started watching this. Exciting! I watched the Apollo launches as a kid and this brings it all back.

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:14 am

Looks like there is a potential problem - 'engine bleed on engine no. 3' whatever that means - so wouldn't be surprised if the launch is cancelled. :-(

Live feed:-

https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

PostRe: Space! by **BOR** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:22 pm

The next ten minutes...

The next ten minutes....

:fp:

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:27 pm

BOR wrote:The next ten minutes...

The next ten minutes....

Not looking too promising. This is just how it was in 'old days'. Sometimes you'd wait all night for lift-off and it'd be cancelled right at the last minute.

PostRe: Space! by **Cuttooth** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:36 pm

Scrubbed for today.

PostRe: Space! by **SEP** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:36 pm

Bugger

PostRe: Space! by **BOR** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:39 pm

Moved to 2nd September if things are going well.

PostRe: Space! by **Preezy** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 1:41 pm

Real shame, but better to scrub it now rather than risk it blowing up on the platform.

PostRe: Space! by **Sprouty** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:24 pm

It's crazy that we're preparing for a test flight of the actual rocket which is going to take man to the moon in a few years. It's seems that it's been billed as something we'll do in ten years time for most of our loves, but this step, even if it failed today, shows we are so close to seeing a return to humans on the moon in our life time.

Even bigger than that, the whole reason we're going back to the moon is to prepare for an eventual trip to Mars. I hope that I get to quote this post one day and declare 'It finally happened!'

PostRe: Space! by **SEP** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:17 pm

Not only putting man on the moon, but building an actual base there! Having people working there for long periods! Imagine the things that we could learn!

PostRe: Space! by **Alvin Flummux** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:09 pm

Things like how to combat the negative health effects of living for long periods in low gravity.

PostRe: Space! by **Moggy** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 2:24 pm

Alvin Flummux wrote:Things like how to combat the negative health effects of living for long periods in low gravity.

Waking up to a Chesney Hawkes song can stop any health issues.

PostRe: Space! by **BOR** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:40 am

twitter.com/NASA/status/1564744300927356930

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:44 pm

BOR wrote:

twitter.com/NASA/status/1564744300927356930

That's around 7:00 pm if I've worked it out correctly.

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:20 am

Two hour launch window begins 18:17.

PostRe: Space! by **Hypes** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:38 am

Urgh, peak Saturday night. When during that window is it likely to launch?

PostRe: Space! by **Cuttooth** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 12:23 pm

still wrote:Two hour launch window begins 18:17.

Begins 19:17 here as that's UTC.

PostRe: Space! by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:22 pm

Nice.

PostRe: Space! by **still** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:10 pm

Cuttooth wrote:
still wrote:Two hour launch window begins 18:17.

Begins 19:17 here as that's UTC.

Sorry, my mistake.

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