As early as February, NASA has stated that it intends to take humans on a ten-day lunar orbit. Although the US space agency stated that it wants to move the mission forward, it had previously committed to launching by the end of April.
No nation has conducted a crewed lunar mission in fifty years. NASA will send four astronauts to test systems there and back. The second launch of the Artemis program, which aims to land humans and eventually establish a permanent presence on the lunar surface, is the Artemis II mission.
It will be a significant milestone in the history of human space travel, according to Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator for NASA. At a press conference this afternoon, she stated, “We have a front row seat to history together. We want to stress that safety is our first priority, but the launch window may open as early as February 5th.
The Space Launch System (SLS), a potent rocket system designed to transport the men to the Moon, was “pretty much stacked and ready to go,” according to Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.
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