"Artemis II" takes off on its way to the moon
NASA's crew has fully entered Earth orbit and embarked on a 10-day journey, with minor incidents during the launch, but they have been repaired.
NASA's "Artemis II" mission has successfully left the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this Wednesday and embarked on a historic journey that aims to return astronauts to lunar orbit half a century after the last Apollo mission. In the Orion capsule, powered by the powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, four astronauts are on a 10-day mission and no landing on the Moon is planned.
About ten minutes after launch, the ship has reached Earth orbit, where it will remain for about 24 hours while the crew tests the key systems.
NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch complete the crew together with Canadian Jeremy Hansen. The mission stands out for its diversity: Glover will be the first black astronaut to travel to lunar orbit, Koch the first woman to do so, and Hansen the first non-American to participate in this type of mission.
There have been a number of minor problems during the launch, including a problem in the Orion toilet system, which has been controlled, and a communications problem following the aircraft's takeoff, both of which have been identified and are in the process of being repaired, without compromising the development of the mission.
If the planned plan is implemented, astronauts will arrive on the hidden side of the moon on April 6, becoming humans who have traveled farther in deep space, exceeding 400 000 kilometers away from the Earth.
"Artemis II" is the second step in the Artemis program after the unmanned flight of 2022. NASA expects future missions to allow man to return to the moon by 2028 and lay the foundations for his continued presence on the moon in the face of future missions to Mars.
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