LONGUEUIL, QC, Sept. 2, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ – On Saturday, Sept. 3, NASA’s Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are scheduled to launch for the first time, as part of of the Artemis I mission to the Moon. There is a two-hour launch window for this second attempt.
Join Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques at CSA headquarters for a special launch viewing event. CSA experts will be on site and available for interviews. The event will also be streamed on CSA’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
This unmanned test flight will mark the return to the Moon after nearly 50 years and the beginning of a new era of lunar exploration. After a successful Artemis I mission, a CSA astronaut will participate in Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Date:
September 3, 2022
Time:
14:00 ET
What:
Act of presentation of Artemis I at the CSA
WHO:
David Saint-Jacques, CSA astronaut
Kumudu Jinadasa, Program Manager, Astronauts, Life Sciences and Space Medicine
Where:
John H. Chapman Space Center
6767 Airport Road
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
More information
Information kit – Artemis missionsCanada in the exploration of the Moon
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