Some 57 years after Americans were united around TVs and radios as the first man took steps on the moon, America is heading back.
Artemis II is currently scheduled to launch as early as Wednesday, weather permitting, according to NASA.
Artemis II is designed to replicate the Apollo 8 mission, which in 1968 became the first mission in which a manned spacecraft entered the moon’s orbit. The Artemis mission is the first of a line of missions of increasing complexity to build NASA’s capacity and expertise for a journey where humans have never traveled — Mars.
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But Artemis II, a key part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to re-establish the American presence in space, will be making history in its own right. The 6:24 p.m. launch will be the first crewed launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
The countdown begins.
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