NASA’s SLS rocket scheduled to launch for the first time in just three weeks, it blasted off the launch pad with 8.8 million pounds of thrust. As the Artemis era officially begins, there will be thousands of spectators to see it fly.
The 322-foot-long Space Launch System is the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built, launching with 15% more power than the Apollo-era Saturn V rocket and about 12% more power than the system that brought the Space Shuttle into orbit. . Attending an SLS launch will be a feast for the senses and a major attraction for tourists visiting Florida’s Space Beach.
Artemis 1—the keynote launch of SLS—currently August 29 at 8:33 am ET, with backup windows available on September 2 and September 5. A local tourism official. Told Florida today ohore more 100,000 visitors are expected to attend the launch, where SLS will rise from Launch Track 39B at Kennedy Space Center and attempt to send an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 42-day journey around the Moon. The launch will mean the start of the process. Artemis period and potentially laying the groundwork for a crewed mission to the lunar surface before 2024 and a crewed mission again in 2024.
Space Beach is no stranger to large crowds. During the shuttle era, it wasn’t uncommon for half a million people to attend a launch, and SpaceX Crew Dragons launches draw up to 250,000, as Peter Cranis, executive director of the Space Coast Tourism Office, told Florida Today. Visitor. Accordingly, the 100,000-person estimate for the SLS launch may be on the low side, though it’s hard to say.
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Gerçekten de, NASA’nın Artemis programı için büyük bir coşku olmadı. Bu senenin başlarında, none of the contestants Danger! knew the upcoming Moon missionsand a reporter from Ohio during a NASA media briefing on Aug. One in 30 people in the newsroom knew that the United States was back on the Moon. NASA administrator Bill Nelson was taken aback by this claim, saying that reporters in Orlando were certainly aware of the Artemis missions and that the eventual Moon landings would draw public attention and reach the front pages of the country.
Regardless, there may be an influx of visitors to the area. enforce the region’s ability to host them. Florida Today says there are just over 10,000 hotel rooms and 4,500 vacation units available in Brevard County. However, not many visitors from surroundings like Orlando will spend the night here.
For tourists, Space Beach really lives up to its name. In addition gorgeous beaches, this Atlantic coastline is now witnessing a steady stream of rocket launches. This year alone has seen 32 launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral at a rate not seen since the 1960s.
Tourists enjoy these launches from the beach, in designated areas near the launch pad, and even in a roof bar. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers another attraction, including the newly opened one. Gateway: Deep Space Launch ComplexHaving a scale model of SLS, replica space suitsand a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster.
