Nasa Moon mission Artemis gets go ahead to launch – BBC News
BBC, 23 Aug 2022
The US space agency Nasa says it is “go” to launch its giant new Moon rocket next Monday.
The rocket, known as the Space Launch System, will send a capsule, called Orion, on an excursion around the Moon.
The launch will be a key moment for Nasa, which, in December, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the very last human landing on the Moon - Apollo 17.
Nasa sees return to the Moon as a way to prepare to go to Mars with astronauts sometime in the 2030s or soon after.
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The rocket, known as the Space Launch System, will send a capsule, called Orion, on an excursion around the Moon.
The launch will be a key moment for Nasa, which, in December, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the very last human landing on the Moon - Apollo 17.
Nasa sees return to the Moon as a way to prepare to go to Mars with astronauts sometime in the 2030s or soon after.
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