Launch of unmanned space mission NASA’s Artemis IConsisting of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, it will finally take place on Saturday, Sept. This was communicated by NASA via their Twitter profile.

NASA has detailed fault It was related to one of the four engines of the SLS core stage that prevented the launch of Artemis I. In particular, the #3 engine could not reach the proper temperature required for take-off.

After the bug was fixed, Mike Sarafin, director of the Artemis mission, Artemis I continues on platform 39B From Kennedy Space Center. From there it will go into space on September 3.

The Artemis I mission is designed as the first step, even without a crew, for its ultimate goal of sequential missions. return of astronauts to the lunar surface. A long-term human existence will be possible for decades to come.

Artemis I’s primary goals are to demonstrate Orion’s systems in a spaceflight environment and re-entry, landing, leap and recovery Safe before the first crewed flight on the Artemis II. This was reported by NASA at an informative meeting on Aug.

The duration of the mission was set at four to six weeks, and a journey 2.1 million kilometers, with several orbits to Earth and Moon on its journey.