7 hours agoBack to the moon, then Mars: NASA is launching Artemis II mission
Periskopi(3 months ago)
(3 months ago)For the first time in 50 years, mankind is returning to the moon, traveling farther away from Earth than before. The four astronauts will travel over 8 million kilolometers around satellite to Mission Artemis II. The mission is scheduled to be launched on April 1st with the aim of investigating the unknown environment of the moon [...]
The mission is scheduled to be launched on April 1st with the aim of researching the unknown moon environment and will be a first step towards landing and finally a lunar base. This first step of adapting to life in another world.
But travel contains its own risks, the crew will travel with a flier that has not been used before for human transportation and has flown only once before.
SLS rocket is 98m long and launched in 2022 for Artemis II mission without astronauts. This is the most powerful missile the space agency has ever produced and will be launched at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral in the state of Florida, U.S.A. The mission is expected to last ten days.
