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NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon


“There is a desire for us to be the first to return to the surface of the Moon.”…

NASA is pressing ahead with preparations for the first launch of humans beyond low-Earth orbit in more than five decades, and officials said Tuesday that the Artemis II mission could take flight early next year. The Artemis II mission represents a major step forward for NASA and seeks to send four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—around the Moon and back. After studying and testing the problem, NASA engineers decided that if they modified Orion's reentry path, they could create an environment in which the gases did not build up as much.

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