NASA's Artemis program has had all sorts of delays since its Inception in 2017 but
the Artemis One mission finally has set a launch date if everything goes accordingly
NASA's Artemis 1 is the program's first mission to test new technologies that will eventually put man
and woman on the moon in A Renewed era of space exploration while every setback has pushed up
the overall cost of the Artemis program it will be a massive advancement for space exploration
that promises to reap its price and benefits between now and August NASA and its contractors
need to follow a series of steps before fully committing to the announced launch period
first technicians are testing the newly replaced seals on the quick disconnect of the tail surface
Mast umbilical to rule out any additional leaks Engineers will then install the flight batteries
for the core stage next three mannequins will serve as the crew to help measure radiation
vibration and acceleration data through the Orion crew survival system suits Commander Munich and
Campos is named after Arturo Campos a key player in the safe return of Apollo 13 back to Earth
next two remaining Phantom mannequins will be installed Helga and Zohar named by the
German Aerospace Center and the Israel space agency finally a few weeks before launch the
teams at Nasa will start the flight termination Systems Operations which consist of calibrating
booster safe and armed devices and replacing the command receiver decoders with the flight units
if all of the above goes according to plan NASA teams would be ready to declare either go or no go
this would be approximately a week before the interim date of August 29th
the other two dates September 2nd and 5th are in case of last minute unfavorable weather conditions
if unsuccessful NASA would have to postpone to a later launch period
but so far the hopes are high for the massive rocket and the future of the Artemis mission
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International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting Outpost the country's
new space Chief sit amid High tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine
the announcement while not unexpected throws into question the future of the 24 year old
space station ISS with experts saying it would be extremely difficult a nightmare by one Reckoning
to keep it running without the Russians NASA and its Partners had hoped to continue operating it
until 2030. Yuri borisov appointed this month to lead the state space agency Rose Cosmos said
during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that Russia will fulfill its obligations to its
Partners before it quits the project the space station has long been a symbol of post-cold War
International teamwork in the name of science but is now one of the last areas of cooperation
between the U.S and the Kremlin the decision to leave the station after 2024 has been made
borisov said adding I think that by that time we will start forming a Russian orbiting station
however NASA hasn't made any immediate comment on Russia's decision to opt out statement reaffirmed
previous declarations by Russian space officials about moscow's intention to leave
the space station after 2024 when the current International arrangements for its operation end
Russian space officials have long talked about their desire to launch the country's own space
station and have complained that the wear and tear on the Aging ISS is compromising safety
and could make it difficult to extend its lifespan cost may also be a factor with Elon musk's SpaceX
company now flying NASA astronauts to and from the space station the Russian space agency lost
a major source of income for years NASA had been paying tens of millions of dollars per
seat for riots to and from the station aboard Russian soyuz Rockets the Russian announcement
is certain to stir speculation that it is part of moscow's maneuvering to win relief
from Western sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine borisov's predecessor Dimitri ragozan
said last month that Moscow could take part in negotiations about a possible extension of
the station's operations only if the U.S lifts its sanctions against Russian Space Industries
the space station is jointly run by Russia the U.S Europe Japan and Canada the first piece was
put in orbit in 1998 and The Outpost has been continuously inhabited for nearly 22 years
it is used to conduct scientific research in zero gravity and test technology for future Journeys
to the moon and Mars it typically has a crew of seven who spend months at a time aboard the
station as it orbits about 420 kilometers above Earth three Russians three Americans and one
Italian are now on board the 100 billion plus complex which is about as long as a football
field consists of two main sections one run by Russia the other by the U.S and other countries
it was not immediately clear what will have to be done to the Russian side of the complex to
continue safely operating the space station once Moscow pulls out former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly
who spent 340 continuous days aboard the ISS in 2015 and 2016 said that the Russian statement
could be just more Bluster noting that after 2024 is vague and open-ended I believe Russia will stay
as long as they can afford to as without ISS they have no human space flight program he said
cooperation with the West also shows some amount of legitimacy to other non-aligned
nations and to their own people which Putin needs as the war in Ukraine has damaged his credibility
Sid the design of the station makes it difficult but not impossible for the remaining Nations to
operate it if Russia were to withdraw Jordan Bim a historian of science technology and medicine
at the University of Chicago said the Russian statement does not bode well for the future of
the ISS adding that it creates a constellation of uncertainties about maintaining the station which
doesn't have easy answers what will leaving look like he questioned will the last cosmonauts simply
undock a soyuz and return to Earth leaving the Russian build modules attached will they render
them inoperable before leaving will NASA and its International Partners have to negotiate to buy
them out and continue using them can these modules even be maintained without Russian know-how
Bim said that theoretically it is possible to keep the station running after the Russians bailout but
practically it could be a nightmare depending on how hard Russia wanted to make it for NASA and
its remaining partners if the Russian components of the station were detached or inoperable the
most immediate problem would be how to boost the complex periodically to maintain its orbit he said
Russian spacecraft that arrive at the station with cargo and crew members are used to help
align the station and raise its orbit Scott Pace director of George Washington University's space
policy Institute said other considerations include replacing the ground Communications
that Moscow provides and disposing of the Russian property attached to the station
he said two that it remains to be seen whether the Russians will in fact be able to launch and
maintain their own independent station Russia has made no visible effort so far to develop
its own space station and the task appears increasingly daunting now amid the crisis
in Ukraine and the Western sanctions that have limited Russia's access to Western technology
well before the development of the ISS the Soviets and then the Russians had a number of their own
space stations including Mir the U.S likewise had its own floating space laboratory Skylab
John logsdon founder and former director of The George Washington University Institute
said NASA has had plenty of time to prepare for Russian withdrawal given the threats coming out
of Moscow and would be derelict in its duty if it hadn't been thinking about it for several years
one alternative is to declare Victory with the station and use this as an excuse to deorbit it
and put the money into exploration he said adding its political value clearly has declined over time
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