NASA gives update on its plans for a permanent moon base
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NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years and it will carry four astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day flight around the Moon before returning to Earth.
Launch preparations have begun for the Artemis II mission, NASA’s planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts that will be the first moon trip in 53 years. Tensions were high as hydrogen fuel started flowing into the rocket hours ahead of the planned launch.
Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two years. NASA's launch team loaded more than 700,000 ...