Art 5 Replies Didn’t get any closer to launch than 29 seconds. Live coverage: NASA runs another countdown rehearsal for SLS moon rocket
Monet June 20, 2023 at 5:01 pm I thought that Artemis rocket, after many a couple of aborts, did get off the ground and then blow up. They called it a success because isn’t this the heaviest rocket to ever launch? Or am I confusing this? Reply ↓
Monet June 20, 2023 at 5:05 pm Correction to my comment: they did manage to get Orion into orbit and had a successful splashdown on Dec 11, 2022. Yay!!! Reply ↓
Monet June 20, 2023 at 5:07 pm Clarification to my correction : Orion is the business end of the Artemis rocket. I think. Reply ↓
Gary Post authorJune 20, 2023 at 6:42 pm Orion might just be the crew capsule. Wonder what the lander is called. Reply ↓
I thought that Artemis rocket, after many a couple of aborts, did get off the ground and then blow up. They called it a success because isn’t this the heaviest rocket to ever launch? Or am I confusing this?
It’s a big guy, alright – the biggest, in fact
Correction to my comment: they did manage to get Orion into orbit and had a successful splashdown on Dec 11, 2022. Yay!!!
Clarification to my correction : Orion is the business end of the Artemis rocket. I think.
Orion might just be the crew capsule. Wonder what the lander is called.