The launch is scheduled for tomorrow Monday, weather permitting – 2025 the first manned mission to the Moon – Preparation for missions to Mars in the 2040s
At its base and ready for launch is the first rocket that will travel to Moon after 50 years, announced NASA.
Liftoff is scheduled for Monday, August 29 from the Kennedy Space Center off the coast of Florida.
NASA is preparing the launch of the unmanned rocket Space Launch System and the Orion capsule as part of the Artemis I mission, which will culminate in sending astronauts to the surface of the Moon.
At the center of Artemis I is the Space Launch System also known as SLS. The SLS launch is scheduled to take place at 8:33 AM. EST on August 29 from launcher 39B. If weather delays the launch for at least two hours, alternate possible liftoff dates are September 2 and 5.
If all goes well, NASA expects to launch Artemis II in 2023, before landing American astronauts on the lunar surface in 2025 as part of Artemis III.
According to the Artemis program, astronauts will land on the Moon every year until the end of the decade, starting in 2025. At this stage, the cost of the Artemis program will reach 93 billion dollars.
The astronauts who will land on the moon will build a space station and a base at the lunar South Pole.
The technologies used in this mission will help NASA in its ultimate goal, which is a manned mission to Mars. These missions are planned for the early 2040s.
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