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T-38 aircraft are a fixture of astronaut training, assisting pilots and mission specialists to think quickly in changing situations. Here, our T-38s fly in formation above the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on historic Launch Pad 39B at @NASAKennedy.
SLS and the Orion spacecraft for the @NASAArtemis I mission will launch no earlier than Aug. 29, 2022, with a two-hour launch window that opens at 8:33 a.m. EDT (12:33 UTC). This will be the beginning of its six-week, uncrewed test flight around the Moon where it will travel farther than any Apollo mission before it. This is the first of many complex and challenging test missions that will prepare to send humans on the Moon for long-term lunar exploration.
Watch the live broadcast for the launch on nasa.gov/live beginning at 6:30 a.m. (10:30 UTC) in English. Spanish coverage will begin at 7:30 a.m. (11:30 UTC).
Video description: Four slim white planes each with a single blue stripe fly in an organized diagonal formation above the NASA Kennedy Space Center 39B launch complex, where the SLS rocket, in orange and white, awaits its launch day. Streets jut out in different directions from the launch pad, and the area is surrounded by an expanse of green grass.
Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
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