NASA's giant U.S. moon rocket emerges for debut launch

Summary

This article by Joey Roulette, writing for Reuters, makes the following points:

• The 98-meter tall rocket is scheduled to embark on its first mission to space on 29 August.
• It will be a crucial, long-delayed demonstration trip to the moon for NASA's Artemis program.
• The Orion capsule will orbit the moon before returning to Earth 42 days later.
• Artemis is the USA's multibillion-dollar effort to return humans to the lunar surface as an intermediary step for future missions to Mars. See: Mission Updates | Mission – NASA Mars Explorationv

References

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• AUG 2022 NASA game planned contingencies for space station as Russian alliance continued—Reuters  
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• AUG 2022 NASA’s Artemis mission hopes to bring humans back to the moon—this time, to stay—Fast Company  

Source Information:

• Article Source: Reuters
• Media Check: Reuters - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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