Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. is photographed by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the first manned moon landing more than fifty years ago. NASA is preparing to send the first manned mission to the moon since the end of the Apollo program.
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Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. is photographed by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the first manned moon landing more than fifty years ago. NASA is preparing to send the first manned mission to the moon since the end of the Apollo program.
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By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, NASA will send the first manned mission to the moon since the end of the Apollo program. Artemis II will be the first flight around the moon in more than 50 years.
The project’s goal is to test the Orion spacecraft and all other equipment so that by 2026, Artemis III can return astronauts to the Moon.
The Artemis program aims to launch a new, more enduring The era of space travel leading to Mars. It’s also deliberately more representative than Apollo. The Artemis program will eventually land the first woman on the moon, as well as the first person of color.
All of them are historical and high risk, and also quite scary.
NPR’s Scott Detrow went behind the scenes at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to see how the team is preparing.
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