December 23, 2024

NASA stacks Orion capsule atop SLS megarocket for Artemis 1 moon mission (video)

In pictures: The Orion space capsule: NASAs next spaceshipThe Orion team capsule for NASAs Artemis 1 objective is stacked atop its Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 20, 2021. At least one of the Artemis 3 moonwalkers will be a lady, NASA authorities have actually said– the first to ever set foot on the lunar surface.In 2019, then-President Donald Trump directed NASA to achieve the initial crewed lunar landing by 2024. The company likewise thinks that the abilities and expertise got during the execution of that goal will help humanity make its next huge leap– a crewed journey to Mars, which NASA intends to accomplish in the 2030s.