WASHINGTON — A top NASA official says the agency will soon set a target launch date for the first Space Launch System mission, but that it's “more than likely” it will slip into early 2022. Speaking at a Maryland Space Business Roundtable webinar Sept.

When was SLS originally supposed to launch?

SLS will launch from LC-39B at the Kennedy Space Center. The first launch was originally scheduled for 2016, but it has been delayed at least eight times, adding more than five years to the original six-year schedule. As of October 2021, the first launch is scheduled for no earlier than 12 February 2022.

Will Artemis 1 launch this year?

NASA has announced that it was now targeting to launch the Artemis 1, an uncrewed mission that will return the American space agency to the Moon after decades, in February 2022. ... The briefing was the first formal confirmation by NASA that Artemis 1 will not launch this year.