NASA to roll out rocket for Artemis 2 moon mission
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NASA projects an image of the Artemis II Mission "Patch" onto the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida in April. The Artemis II mission is planned to be the first to send a crew of four around the moon on a ten day flight.
Watch how the Space Launch System rocket RS-25 undergoes a core stage engine test-fire. Credit: NASA's Stennis Space Center
The NASA Artemis II mission, set to lift off as soon as February, will mark the first time astronauts have aimed to venture beyond near-Earth orbit since 1972.
NASA has scrubbed the launch of Artemis I Monday morning, the first of several missions that will include mankind's return to the moon. After saying that officials were troubleshooting a hydrogen leak, NASA said that there was also a problem discovered in ...