"This change of plans coincides with preparations to send the four crew members of the Artemis II mission to the Moon, while some astronauts are warning of alleged safety flaws in the Orion space capsule, raising the specter of a repeat of the worst fatal accidents in NASA's history, such as those of Challenger, Columbia, or Apollo 1. We are moving closer to Artemis II, with rollout just around the corner, said Lori Glaze, NASA's acting associate administrator."
"Artemis II is a test mission that will take the four selected crew members Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), Christina Koch (mission specialist), and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, also a mission specialist on a round trip, orbiting the Moon once before returning to Earth about 10 days later. It will be the first crewed mission to test the SLS rocket, the largest built by NASA since the Apollo missions half a century ago, and the Orion spacecraft."
NASA has begun preparations for the first crewed Moon mission in half a century while an unspecified medical problem forces evacuation of the ISS crew. Artemis II will carry Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a roughly 10-day trip that will orbit the Moon once and return to Earth. The mission will be the first crewed test of the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft; the Orion heat shield must survive reentry at over 2,700°C, and some astronauts allege safety flaws. The launch date was moved earlier, adding pressure, and delays to Artemis III push it to at least 2028, raising the risk another country could land astronauts first.
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