{"id":23328,"date":"2020-07-21T18:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T10:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-is-one-small-step-closer-to-flying-astronauts-around-the-moon-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2020-07-21T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T10:36:26","slug":"nasa-is-one-small-step-closer-to-flying-astronauts-around-the-moon-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-is-one-small-step-closer-to-flying-astronauts-around-the-moon-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA is one small step closer to flying astronauts around the Moon in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"3168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/07\/20\/artemis-2-engines-status\/sls-70mt-dac3org-launch-cam-top_view\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"1600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"sls-70mt-dac3org-launch-cam-top_view\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA is hard at work on a historic mission to send the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024 under the Artemis program. Prior to the ambitious Artemis 3 mission, astronauts will conduct a lunar flyby mission called Artemis 2. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aerojet Rocketdyne, the company tasked with building the motors and engines used to transport crew to lunar orbit, now says it has completed manufacturing and testing of the hardware that will be used on the second Artemis mission.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-3164\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA will use the new Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2018These are very exciting times for both NASA and the nation,\u2019 said Eileen Drake, Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and president. \u2018The United States is sending humans beyond low Earth orbit for the first time in nearly 50 years, and we are traveling even farther with Artemis than we did with Apollo.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Artemis II mission will be the first time the Space Launch System and Orion will send astronauts into orbit around the Moon, and it is a key precursor to landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon,\u2019 added Drake. \u2018Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems will play a critical role in making this endeavor a reality.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what all does completing propulsion for the Artemis 2 mission include?<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-3164',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Four Artemis 2 RS-25 engines assembled and tested at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi in November 2019<\/li>\n<li>One RL10 engine created and tested in West Palm Beach, Florida, that will be installed on the SLS second stage in Decatur, Alabama<\/li>\n<li>Twelve crew module reaction control thrusters delivered in March 2019 and eight auxiliary service module engines delivered in March 2020 that were built in Redmond, Washington<\/li>\n<li>Additional motors including the jettison motor for the Launch Abort System tested in Huntsville, Alabama, and assembled in Orange, Virginia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure data-carousel-extra=\"{&quot;blog_id&quot;:10,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/07\/20\/artemis-2-engines-status\/&quot;}\" class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image in full-screen.\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" data-attachment-id=\"3171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/07\/20\/artemis-2-engines-status\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,232\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3\" data-image-description=\"\n\n<p>Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s RS-25 engine roars to life on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to test a new controller. Four RS-25 engines power the core stage of NASA\u2019s Space Launch System, the world\u2019s most powerful rocket. Photo taken Aug. 13, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-image-caption=&#8221;&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=300&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221; data-id=&#8221;3171&#8243; data-full-url=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; data-link=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/?attachment_id=3171&#8243; class=&#8221;wp-image-3171&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3.jpg?resize=140,108 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rs-25-test-8-13-15-pic3.jpg?resize=150,116 150w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px&#8221;><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image in full-screen.\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/07\/20\/artemis-2-engines-status\/09s4160\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"280,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"09s4160\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>RL10 engine undergoing hot-fire testing at Aerojet Rocketdyne&amp;#8217;s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=280&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-test-pic2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221; data-id=&#8221;3172&#8243; data-full-url=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-test-pic2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; data-link=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/?attachment_id=3172&#8243; class=&#8221;wp-image-3172&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-test-pic2.jpg 280w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-test-pic2.jpg?resize=140,150 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-test-pic2.jpg?resize=150,161 150w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px&#8221;><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">RL10 engine undergoing hot-fire testing at Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open image in full-screen.\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/07\/20\/artemis-2-engines-status\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"206,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"20200720_rl10-engine-pic1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s flight-proven RL10 engine will power the upper stage of NASA\u2019s new Space Launch System deep space exploration rocket during the Artemis II mission that will carry astronauts around the Moon. The RL10 is built and tested at Aerojet Rocketdyne\u2019s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=206&#8243; src=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; alt=&#8221;&#8221; data-id=&#8221;3173&#8243; data-full-url=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&#8221; data-link=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/?attachment_id=3173&#8243; class=&#8221;wp-image-3173&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1.jpg 206w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1.jpg?resize=140,204 140w, https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/20200720_rl10-engine-pic1.jpg?resize=150,218 150w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px&#8221;><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Launch System is still being readied for the Artemis 1 mission that will fly around the Moon without astronauts as soon as the end of next year. Artemis 2 is being targeted for late 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is hard at work on a historic mission to send the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024 under the Artemis program. Prior to the ambitious Artemis 3 mission, astronauts will conduct a lunar flyby mission called Artemis 2. 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