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Can NASA still do the impossible?
- On Wednesday, NASA's Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon.
- Commander Reid Wiseman leads pilot Victor Glover and specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen on a voyage further into space than humans have ever ventured, marking the first time in more than 50 years astronauts have returned toward the moon.
- Propelled by four RS-25 engines, the Space Launch System will launch the Orion spacecraft on an approximately 595,000-mile round trip featuring a 24-hour systems check window and docking practice high above Earth.
- After atmospheric entry at about 25,000 mph, the Orion capsule will deploy parachutes to stabilize for splashdown off the California coast, where a recovery team will meet the crew.
- Reaching about 4,600 miles beyond the moon, the spacecraft will enable the crew to observe the lunar far side for the first time in more than 50 years, relying on human navigation for complex maneuvers.
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Decoding Artemis-II: Humanity's most daring Moon mission
The Artemis-II mission marks humanity’s return to crewed lunar exploration after decades, sending four astronauts around the Moon aboard Nasa’s Orion spacecraft. This historic voyage will test critical life-support systems and deep-space operations, paving the way for future Moon landings and long-term human presence beyond Earth.
The U.S. space agency NASA is taking a new attempt from today to send people back to the moon after more than 50 years for the first time.
The countdown for NASA's Artemis II test flight is already underway at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA has completed launch preparations for the Artemis II mission, the first mission to send humans to the Moon in half a century. Four astronauts will orbit the Moon on Wednesday evening aboard a 32-story-tall Space Launch System rocket.
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