NASA announces Artemis II launch date
Manned mission after the Apollo program
NASA announced it has set a launch date for the SLS rocket, which will send the Artemis II orbital module to the Moon on March 3, 2025. According to agency representatives, this will be the first crewed mission to lunar orbit since the Apollo missions. The mission will include a foundational crew consisting of a pilot, commander engineers, and spacecraft operations engineers. NASA plans for the rocket to land on the far side of the Moon and return the crew to Earth after several days.
Context
The last crewed lunar orbital mission, Apollo, took place in 1972.
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NASA has set March 3, 2025, as the launch date for the SLS rocket on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed orbital mission since Apollo.
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