NASA starts launch rehearsal for Artemis II mission to moon
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NASA's Artemis II mission looks to be as little as a couple of weeks away. The middle child of the three-part Artemis project, this mission will allow humans to swing by the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. It also hopes to pave the way for even more ambitious missions in the future.
Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. The mission will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since 1972, with the four-person crew expected to travel farther than any other human mission in spaceflight history.
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NASA’s next Moon astronauts have entered strict quarantine which will last two weeks in a major sign that their historic Artemis II mission is just weeks away from launch
This fall, students at North High School will get to speak with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
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