![]() The agency says those next moonwalkers will include a woman and person of color. And Artemis III will carry people bound for the lunar surface. Artemis II will follow a similar trajectory but with astronauts on board. This mission dubbed Artemis I will serve as a pathfinder, testing critical systems of the vehicle like life support and its heat shield. This launch is the beginning of a series of increasingly complex missions aimed at landing humans on the moon the first since the Apollo program more than a half-century ago. “We’re gonna work hard to meet the attempts on those dates and do our best to position ourselves to have the confidence in those dates.” On a call with reporters Wednesday, NASA leadership stressed that these are target dates and anything from weather to technical hiccups could cause mission managers to take pause. ![]() ![]() We’re gonna be careful,” says NASA’s Jim Free. “This is the first time that we’re gonna try and launch this vehicle. The agency is targeting three possible launch opportunities on August 29, September 2 and September 5, sending the deep space vehicle and three mannequins on a more than a month-long mission around the moon and back. NASA says its more than 300 foot tall SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ![]() NASA made a big announcement - it set a launch date for its big new rocket that’s set to fly humans to the moon. This first test mission called Artemis I won’t have anyone on board but it’s an important and long-delayed launch. ![]()
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