Update: Artemisa II could fly on April 1st.Everything you need to know!

NASA announced that the Artemis II mission could fly as soon as April 1.

Breaking news: Artemisa II could launch on April 1st.Everything you need to know!

NASA announced that the Artemis II mission could fly on April 1.

NASA has announced that the Artemis II mission could fly on April 1.However, the date is only a possibility and not yet certain.Everything will depend on any untoward incident that occurs in the coming days.

Artemis II prepares to take off again.

The US space agency has explained that the SLS rocket has been repaired.So the next step is to restore the start menu.After that, the process for running will start again.

The space agency announced that the February experiment was successful despite the helium leak.

So, depending on what happens, we will see if the date is met or has to be postponed.At the moment, only one thing can be said: the preparations before the launch of the second missile went without incident.

The most interesting thing is that this time we will not go through another wet dress rehearsal.The space agency itself explained that the February test was successful, despite the helium leak.Therefore, they did not want to unnecessarily overload the components.

The helium leak was the result of a faulty seal in the cable connecting the rocket to the nearby grounding system.They didn't want to do another fuel load test to avoid pressurizing the fuel tanks.

Each time they are loaded and unloaded, tanks lose their useful life.Also, they don't want to lose any days in the April launch window if something goes wrong.What can happen if another fuel load test is performed.

Recently, NASA held a meeting to discuss the safety of the rocket and they came to the conclusion that one of the things they were most concerned about, the heat shield, was not a problem for the mission.

The pilot is alone

The four astronauts aboard Artemis II are already in quarantine, which began this March 19, the same day the rocket was expected to lift off (but was delayed several hours for last-minute repairs).

Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen are already locked up in Houston and will no doubt be hoping this is for the best.It's a good sign to no longer have to take wetsuit training.

Artemis 2 will not enter lunar orbit or land on the lunar surface.

Ultimately, it shows that the agency believes what it saw with the rocket.Of course, Artemis II's plans have not changed.Although NASA has made many changes to the Artemis program, they do not affect this mission.

The trip will take about ten days and if all goes well, it will start on April 1st.We have to wait for the official announcement.One of the delay factors could be the weather as a last minute problem.

In any case, we must remember that we are facing a challenge mission.Artemis II will not enter the Moon's orbit or land on its surface.The mission is limited to orbiting our satellite and returning to the planet.

But it would be the furthest distance humans have traveled in more than fifty years. It will also be used to control the operation of the Orion capsule on a crewed mission, as opposed to the empty Artemis 1 flight.

And what comes next?

After the delay in returning to the moon, which delayed the Artemis IV mission, in 2028, the next stage will be Artemis III.The goal is for this to happen in 2027, but much depends on what happens with Artemis II.

We still do not know who will be the members of this mission or the companies that will participate in the experiment in low Earth orbit.The goal, when the time comes, will be to test the Orion capsule's ability to dock with the lunar lander.

Artemis III is expected to be operational in 2027, but that will depend a lot on what happens with Artemis II.

The vehicle has not yet been decided, but there are two options available: Starship, from SpaceX, or Blue Moon, from the company Blue Origin.Jared Isaacman himself explained that the test will be done with one of the two ships or even both.

The company that manages to achieve the best result will already on Artemis IV be in charge of collecting the crew in lunar orbit (in the Orion capsule) and transferring its two members to the lunar landing vehicle.

In this new program, Artemis II continues the mission of ensuring that the capsule works well to carry out a manned mission.Therefore, the first step after launch is to stay in orbit of our planet.

Only after the first inspection, if everything is determined to be in order, will the crew's journey to the Moon beginNow all that remains is to wait until everything falls into place and finally, on April 1, we will see the start of a new human mission to our satellite...