Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission in 53 Years

0:00On March 30th, NASA's firing up the countdown for the first crude moon mission in 53 years, with Artemis 2. That massive 32-story space launch system rocket sits ready to blast off Wednesday evening, carrying four astronauts in the Orion capsule. They'll orbit Earth for a day, sling around the moon for a quick flyby, then splash down in the Pacific after nearly 10 days. The mission hit Snags earlier this year, with hydrogen fuel leaks and a clogged helium line, pushing it back from February. Technicians nailed the fixes, rolled the rocket back to the pad about one and a half weeks ago, and the US Canadian crew rolled in Friday. This crew breaks new ground, featuring the first woman, person of color, and non-American on a NASA moonshot. Pilot Victor Glover wants kids seeing brown boys and girls up there, thinking, yeah, that could be me doing big things. Launch bosses report the rockets in top-shaped post-repairs, and forecasters predict smooth weather ahead. With the first six days of April, as their prime window, NASA's poised to kick off this lunar comeback eyes on the sky as history lifts off.

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