November 16, 2022

Artemis-I Launch

Credit: NASA HQ Photo

On Wednesday at 01:47 EST Artemis I launched from Kennedy Space Center, thundering up and down the Space Coast. After several scrubbed launch attempts and issues with hydrogen leaks SLS successfully launched carrying the Orion spacecraft with 10 CubeSats to near-Earth, Lunar, and cis-Lunar destinations. Orion is expected to splashdown back on earth on December 11th. As of this time EQUULEUS, OMOTENASHI, ArgoMoon, NEA Scout, BioSentinel, LunaH-Map, Lunar IceCube, and CuSP have all established communication with the Deep Space Network. Team Miles was due to deploy at 08:51 EST and we are still awaiting confirmation. Stay tuned for updates.

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Last Updated: November 16, 2022 18:36 EST

Editor: Austin Gleydura