When NASA sends the first woman and the next man to the moon, those astronauts just won’t be the first Humans to land on the lunar surface After the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, they will also be able to ride on top of the largest and most powerful rocket in NASA’s history: the space launch system, built by Boeing.
S.L.S. The stand will be higher than the Statue of Liberty as it prepares to take off from the launchpad with the crew. NASA’s Artemis program. And with about 9 million pounds of thrust, it would be powerful enough to carry a 38-metric-ton payload to the moon.
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According to Boeing’s mission management and operations operations manager, Matt Duggan, the space system is a key part of technology that will allow humans to travel in space and longer.
“Because we need bigger and bigger rockets, as we move forward and into space, it’s going to be that there’s a desire to take more and more stuff with us as we go,” Doug said in an interview on CNET’s What Now series. “If you’re going on a month-long trip, you’re packing differently than if you’re going on a dinner trip.
“That’s where the SLS comes in. It can carry these huge, huge payloads … and it includes all the supplies that humans need to live and operate in deep space.”
After the unveiling, the image of an artist of SLS.
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The ability to carry large payloads is important not only for carrying crews and cargo to the moon, but also for future missions to Mars. Unlike previous rockets developed for NASA missions, the SLS will be able to carry a full payload, presemble, deep space so that supplies can be ready to go to Mars with the arrival of humans.
While the team working on the SLS includes veterans working on the space shuttle program and the International Space Station (and the design of the SLS itself includes parts used on the shuttle mission), since previous spacecraft were built. A lot has changed.
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“This has never been done before,” Doug said. “We’re taking advantage of the very best, most advanced engineering practices we have today. And I think we’ve got a big advantage over those people now – successfully, of course – but who created Saturn V. A rocket in which you people Doing designs on paper, doing calculations by hand, and making parts by hand.
“We can do as much analysis on their entire program over the years in a single day. And with computer-assisted manufacturing, we can create parts that are so precise, that they are literally made to fit their needs.”
That level of accuracy also goes down in small parts. Duggan says each part of the rocket, under each special bolt, is individually tracked during build.
“We know he’s everywhere and everyone has touched him,” he said. “And we know its history, all the way to the metal when it was formed out of the ground. It’s a layer of detail, so you can be sure every part is safe.”
The main phase of a NASA space launch system rocket built by Boeing at the Stannis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
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Despite the global epidemic, Duggan says SLS is still on track to launch. Boeing and NASA teams are preparing for the so-called “hot fire test”, while the rocket’s four RS-25 engines will be put on hold for as long as they are during the actual launch.
Then, after a decade of development, SLS will be ready for Artemis I in 2021. This will be the first time the SLS will complete with an Orion space capsule at the top (Crowd), taking off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For a three-week mission around the moon. From there, NASA will prepare for a lunar landing with Artemis II before taking its first crew to the moon with Artemis III.
In addition, Daggan says the mission to Mars will be the next exciting challenge on the road ahead.
“When man landed on the moon, years ago today, it was a definite moment for many people – for a generation, and it was not just a celebration as an individual or a nation, but it was all a way to the species. It could fall behind. And I think Mars would be the same thing, that kind of challenge. “
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