User:Craigboy/Exploration Mission 1

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Exploration Mission 1
OperatorNASA/ESA
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeOrion MPCV
Start of mission
Launch dateDecember 17, 2017[1]
RocketSLS Block 1[2]
Launch siteKennedy LC-39B[3]
End of mission
Landing sitePacific Ocean[4]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeCircumlunar
Flyby of the Moon
Closest approachDecember 2017
DistanceTBD
Beyond Low Earth Orbit Program
← EFT-1
EM-2 →
 

Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1 (previously known as Space Launch System 1 or SLS-1) is the first planned flight of the Space Launch System and the second uncrewed test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Set to launch in 2017 from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, the Orion spacecraft would perform a circumlunar trajectory during the seven day mission.[3][5] The Block 1 version of SLS used on this mission will consist of two five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, four RS-25D engines built for the Space Shuttle program and a Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage.[5] EM-1 is intended to demonstrate the integrated spacecraft systems prior to a crewed flight and demonstrate a high speed reentry (11 km/s) on Orion's thermal protection system.[5]

Gallery[edit]

  • Artist's rendering of the launch of EM-1
    Artist's rendering of the launch of EM-1
  • EM-1's orbital path
    EM-1's orbital path
External videos
video icon EFT-1 animation (NASA)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Exploration Mission 1: SLS and Orion mission to the Moon outlined, Chris Bergin, 29 February 2012
  2. ^ Bergin, Chris (23 February 2012). "Acronyms to Ascent – SLS managers create development milestone roadmap". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Hill, Bill (March 2012). "Exploration Systems Development Status" (PDF). NASA Advisory Council. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  4. ^ Bergin, Chris (14 June 2012). "NASA teams evaluating ISS-built Exploration Platform roadmap". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Singer, Jody (25 April 2012). "Status of NASA's Space Launch System" (PDF). NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links[edit]

Category:Future spaceflights Category:2014 in spaceflight


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