And then there were two. After SpaceX launched Starlink 4-14 on April 21, 2022, there were “only” two rockets standing on top of their launch pads on the Space Coast.
Artemis-1 won’t launch this time around, instead, it will return to the VAB sometime around April 26, 2022 for repairs to a faulty valve as well as other processing. While it is gone, repairs and upgrades will be made to the ground support equipment on Launch Complex 39-B, and hopefully when the rocket is rolled back out, its Wet Dress Rehearsal will run more smoothly.
There’s something about a black and white photo that makes the details pop out nicely, so I used a #29 Wratten (red) filter to take this photograph of Artemis from Beach Road on the Cape Canaveral National Seashore on April 23, 2022.
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Photo ©2022 Charles Boyer
Crew-4 is scheduled to launch in the pre-dawn hours on April 27th, 2022. It will head to the International Space Station and deliver four NASA astronauts there to being a six-month stint onboard.
As seen from the boardwalk on Area 1 at Playalinda Beach, late in the afternoon on April 23, 2022.
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Photo ©2022 Charles Boyer
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