{"id":62164,"date":"2025-12-30T08:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronauts-complete-practice-countdown-for-upcoming-trip-around-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:44:16","slug":"astronauts-complete-practice-countdown-for-upcoming-trip-around-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/astronauts-complete-practice-countdown-for-upcoming-trip-around-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts complete practice countdown for upcoming trip around the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Four <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-nasa-astronaut-class-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">astronauts in training<\/a><\/span> to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/artemis-2-astronauts-see-orion-moonship-for-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Orion spacecraft<\/a><\/span> this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch.<\/p>\n<p>Based on repeated stops and starts seen on NASA&#8217;s countdown clock, the complex test originally planned for late November, ran into problems at various points on Saturday. NASA provided no details, but Artemis 2 commander <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/baltimore-native-reid-wiseman-to-serve-as-nasa-mission-commander\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Reid Wiseman<\/a><\/span> said that overall, the test went well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/5e2775d9-d01c-4adc-9155-a8353ee7c63a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0a20fd0f36750f58be1c63bc6fad0ba7\/122025-walkout.jpg#\" alt=\"122025-walkout.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/5e2775d9-d01c-4adc-9155-a8353ee7c63a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0a20fd0f36750f58be1c63bc6fad0ba7\/122025-walkout.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/5e2775d9-d01c-4adc-9155-a8353ee7c63a\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/b66096e05f72cbdd3c75384e8042f8d0\/122025-walkout.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Artemis 2 astronauts head for their Space Launch System rocket Saturday for a practice countdown to rehearse launch day procedures before a flight around the moon early next year. Left to right: Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA crewmates Christina Koch, Victor Glover and mission commander Reid Wiseman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Extremely successful day in our spacecraft #Integrity,&#8221; Wiseman said in a post on X. &#8220;Did everything go perfectly? Absolutely not. But this vehicle and our team showed us they&#8217;re up to the challenge. Launch is getting very close.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Launch is tentatively targeted for early February, but the schedule is extremely tight and the flight may slip to early March. No decisions are expected until after the first of next year.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, wearing bright orange pressure suits, strapped into their Orion capsule using the same procedures they&#8217;ll follow on launch day.<\/p>\n<p>Such &#8220;countdown demonstration tests&#8221; have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship already on the launch pad. But for Saturday&#8217;s test, the astronauts boarded their spacecraft atop NASA&#8217;s huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket inside the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/breaking-down-nasas-spacex-mission-launch-kennedy-space-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/f8673f31-2e35-4dcf-847a-ebfa7d5a6619\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f00d9878dcf5904da395bbdb8ec64adf\/122025-sls-stack2.jpg#\" alt=\"122025-sls-stack2.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/f8673f31-2e35-4dcf-847a-ebfa7d5a6619\/thumbnail\/620x349\/f00d9878dcf5904da395bbdb8ec64adf\/122025-sls-stack2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/f8673f31-2e35-4dcf-847a-ebfa7d5a6619\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/56fe104d9337273bcca5a5fa6b62592f\/122025-sls-stack2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Artemis 2 Orion crew capsule, inside a protective launch shroud, and its escape rocket are visible amid service platforms inside NASA&#8217;s Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Unseen is the 322-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket the crew capsule is mounted atop. The Artemis 2 crew strapped into the Orion Saturday for a dress rehearsal countdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the course of the exercise, the astronauts and the launch control team worked through the same countdown procedures they will follow on launch day, ending less than a minute before the clocks would normally hit zero.<\/p>\n<p>Five launch opportunities are available in February when the moon and Earth are in the proper relative positions. The first such opportunity comes on Feb. 6. To make that date, the SLS rocket and Orion would have to be rolled from the assembly building to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/exploration-ground-systems\/launch-pad-39b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pad 39B<\/a> in mid January, setting the stage for a critical fueling test that must go well before NASA can proceed to launch.<\/p>\n<p>Given the amount of work remaining to complete preparations, sources say NASA may opt to delay the flight to early March.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever it takes off, the flight plan calls for the Orion and its crew to spend 25 hours in an elliptical orbit around Earth to test spacecraft life support, propulsion and navigation systems.<\/p>\n<p>The crew plans to fly in close proximity to the SLS rocket&#8217;s upper stage to test the Orion&#8217;s maneuvering systems and rendezvous procedures that will be needed for eventual moon landing missions.<\/p>\n<p>An uncrewed Orion carried out a similar loop around the moon during the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/artemis-1-orion-reaches-record-distance-from-earth-in-near-flawless-nasa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Artemis 1 mission<\/a><\/span> in November 2022. But the Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft was not equipped with a full life support system and it did not carry out thruster firings like those needed for a rendezvous.<\/p>\n<p>Once the testing is complete, the Artemis 2 Orion will leave Earth orbit on a &#8220;free return&#8221; trajectory that will carry the crew around the moon and back to a Pacific Ocean splashdown. The ship will not go into orbit around the moon.<\/p>\n<p>But Artemis 2 will still be the first piloted trip back to the moon since the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/apollo-17-last-lunar-landing-launched-40-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Apollo 17<\/a><\/span> mission in 1972, carrying Wiseman and his crewmates farther from Earth than any other humans have ever traveled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/2ec671ca-8c20-4651-a623-8edf2212d8dc\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e8f04cda251f94c37cf5a4037ebb8384\/122025-suitup.jpg#\" alt=\"122025-suitup.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/2ec671ca-8c20-4651-a623-8edf2212d8dc\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e8f04cda251f94c37cf5a4037ebb8384\/122025-suitup.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/21\/2ec671ca-8c20-4651-a623-8edf2212d8dc\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/e3a5781f25520395e97c0634a9b04cde\/122025-suitup.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Artemis 2 astronauts Victor Glover (foreground) and commander Reid Wiseman suit up before strapping into their Orion capsule for a practice countdown. Not seen are crewmates Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The flight will set the stage for Artemis 3, carrying yet-to-be-named astronauts to the surface of the moon near the lunar south pole, NASA hopes, in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The Artemis 3 flight originally was planned for 2024, a target set during the first Trump administration. But the mission has been repeatedly delayed by processing problems, slowdowns during the COVID pandemic, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/spacex-launches-11th-test-flight-super-heavy-starship-rocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Super Heavy-Starship<\/a><\/span> testing and work to develop the lunar lander, known by NASA as the Human Landing System, or HLS.<\/p>\n<p>The current 2028 target was set in the past few weeks when it became apparent the space agency would not be ready in time for the most recent previous target of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>China also plans to land its own &#8220;taikonauts&#8221; on the moon by 2030, creating a new <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/sean-duffy-on-nasa-efforts-to-beat-china-back-to-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">space race<\/a><\/span> of sorts, one that NASA vows to win.<\/p>\n<section 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