Artemis I maintainers conduct a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Aug. 22, 2022 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The FRR is an in-depth assessment of the readiness of the agency’s Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft to support the uncrewed flight of Artemis I on its mission beyond the Moon and back to Earth. . The meeting will end later today with a survey of all managers. Artemis I is scheduled to launch at 8:33 a.m. EDT on August 29, 2022 from Kennedy Launch Complex 39B. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human exploration of deep space and demonstrate our commitment and ability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary purpose of Artemis I is to thoroughly test integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after the re-entry, the descent and the splash.
The flight readiness review for NASA’s Artemis I mission is complete and teams are heading into a two-hour launch window that opens at 8:33 a.m. EDT Monday, August 29 from the ramp Launch Pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA will hold a press conference around 8 p.m. to discuss the results of the review. Listen live on the the agency’s website.
The participants in the teleconference are:
Artemis I maintainers conduct a Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Aug. 22, 2022 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, Jim Free, Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; and Bob Cabana, Associate Administrator of NASA. Artemis I is scheduled to launch at 8:33 a.m. EDT on August 29, 2022 from Kennedy Launch Complex 39B.
Janet Petro, Director, Kennedy Space Center
Bob Cabana, Associate Administrator, NASA Headquarters
Jim Free, Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Mike Sarafin, Artemis Mission Leader, NASA Headquarters
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis Launch Director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy
Howard Hu, Orion Program Manager, Johnson Space Center in Houston
Chris Cianciola, deputy director of the Space Launch System program, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
More details about the mission and Artemis can be found in the press kitor by following the Artemis blog.
