The U.S. Lunar Lunar Rocket will launch with the human model, and it will encounter oil leakage and lightning strikes before setting up

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Half a century later, the United States wanted to go to the moon again, but the moon landing rocket suffered a technical problem of fuel leaks before it set off. It was also suffered 5 lightning strikes within 48 hours before the launch. The U.S. Aerospace Agency responded to this that if it was not successfully launched on Monday, I could only try again on Friday.

"Artemis 1" launcher (Source: Associated Press)

Encountered fuel leaks and lightning strikes before departure

The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) said it will launch a new generation of moon landing rocket "Space Launch System" on August 29 local time to perform the test task of "Artemis 1" unmanned moon flight.

According to the Associated Press, according to Jeffs Polidin, the senior test director of the American Aerospace Administration, the team has been overcome the problem of fuel leakage in the past few months.

Earlier this year, the Space Bureau was still repairing the leaked valves and other faulty equipment. Portin said that it was not until the few hours before the launch that the engineer could confirm whether the failure problem was solved.

The Lunar Rockets also encountered a lightning strike. Since the afternoon of the 27th, the Kennedy Space Center in California has continued to encounter thunderstorms. The lightning protection device where the lunar rocket is located has been attacked by thunderstorms, including a lightning protection tower about 183 meters high. According to the Aerospace Office officials on the 28th, the launching table has been at least 5 lightning strikes,

The moon landing rocket is intended to launch a vacuum from 8.33 to 10:33 on the 29th. The weather forecast said that about two hours of the launch window period, the weather may deteriorate.

Officials from the US Aerospace Administration insisted that the Rockets and the space capsule were not damaged in thunderstorms, and the ground equipment was not affected, and the launch was proceeding as planned. However, Polin still has a "prevention needle". If the launch on the 29th is not successful, the next launch attempt will be held on September 2.

Three "astronauts" are human models

"Artemis 1" driverless driving for 42 days. It will be equipped with a "Orion" spacecraft to fly 60 miles above the nearest moon. The big focus of testing tasks is the risk of studying radiation to astronauts.

According to British Sky News, this flight task is very special is that there will be only three human models in the "Orion" space compartment and a "Snoopy" plush toy.

Moonikin Campos (Source: NASA official website)

The captain is a male human model named "Moonikin Campos". He will always sit on the commander's seat and will wear the survival system set of "Orion" astronauts, and equipped with radiation, acceleration and vibration sensors.

The name of "Moonikin Campos" was voted by the public to commemorate Arturo Campos, an engineer aiming to resolve the emergency situation of "Apollo 13".

"Snoopy" will float around the Orion space compartment as a zero -gravity indicator.

The other two women's human models were named HELGA and Zohar. Haierga will wear a radiation -proof vest, and Zoha will not be protected.

According to reports, these two models are made of materials for female soft tissues, organs, bones, lungs, and brain tissues. The trunk has more than 5,600 sensors and 34 radiation detectors. influences.

Sky journalist David Blavinus joked: "If everything is performed, this will be a small step in the three human models, a big step of human beings."

It takes a few years to land on the moon, and US officials warn risk

"Orion" is expected to return to Earth on October 10 and land on the California Coast. If it is progressing smoothly, the United States Aerospace said that the United States will send the manned spacecraft to the moon in the next few years. However, officials also warned that the flight mission was very high and the task time may be shortened.

California people are waiting for rocket launch (Source: Sky News)

The U.S. Space Agency is expected to launch the "Artemis 2" to fly around the moon flying mission in 2024. It is expected to be equipped with 4 astronauts. At this stage, the task will last about 8 to 10 days. Moon flight.

But so far, the list of four astronauts has not been announced.

If the task is progressing smoothly before, the "Artemis 3" moon landing plan will be carried out in 2025. The US Aerospace Administration stated that the astronauts will be on the moon again. Essence

On July 20, 1969, Armstrong, the commander of the "Apollo 11", created the history of human beings the first to board the moon. About three and a half years later, in December 1972, the "Apollo 17" landed again, and then the US Space Agency's funds were cut off, and the last three "Apollo" tasks were canceled.

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