NASA has released a stunning photo of February’s full snow moon rising behind Artemis 2. space launch system (SLS) rocket captured both the rocket and its destination ahead of its historic mission to orbit Earth’s natural satellite with a crew of four astronauts.
Why is it amazing?
The photo shows Snow Moon, named for the heavy snow that often falls throughout February, rising from behind the top of the SLS, which was waiting on its launch pad 39B. NASA‘s kennedy space center in Florida on February 1st.
Space Launch System rockets are NASA’s modern answer to the Apollo era Saturn V And it is billed as a key element of government agencies. artemis programaims to return astronauts to the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 50 years.
What is it?
Only the top of the rocket is visible, consisting of the launch abort system tower and its white fairing, forming the rocket’s outer shield. orion spaceshipIt is hidden from view as it sits atop an orange structural adapter that connects the spacecraft to its main core stage.
The crew access arm can also be seen bridging the rocket and the tower, with the Artemis logo emblazoned on the “white room” at its end. This will be NASA’s final destination reed weissman, victor glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronauts Jeremy Hansen Before they take their seats on the Orion spacecraft, head to the other side of the world. month.
At the time of this photo, the NASA team was hard at work preparing for Artemis 2’s wet dress rehearsal. This rehearsal will ensure the rocket is fully fueled prior to the mock launch and will allow engineers to isolate and troubleshoot any remaining issues with the hardware and countdown.
In this case, the problem is Liquid hydrogen fuel leaks and other complications As a result, the launch was postponed from February 8 to an undetermined date in March.
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