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════ ⋆★Artemis Program★⋆ ════
NASA is going to return humans to the moon by 2025, and the Artemis Program will enable them to achieve that goal. They will stay on the Moon's south pole for longer than the Apollo missions, while putting the first Woman and person of colour on the moon.
The program includes a Lunar orbital station and multiple different spacecrafts working as one system, and the Orion crewed vehicle developed by the European Space Agency plays the role of transporting crews to the moon and back.
════ ⋆★Artemis I★⋆ ════
Artemis I will test out this spacecraft by flying it around the moon unmanned. And the rocket carrying it, the Space Launch System (SLS) is currently at the Vehicle Assembly Building, preparing to be rolled out to the Launch Pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Its rollout is scheduled to begin in a few days, it will go through all the tests required before the launch.
These tests include rehearsals for the controllers to run through the procedures to match it with the schedule, all the way from loading up propellants to Earth orbit. They will also go through scenarios including an abort.
NASA cannot give us the exact launch date because they have to find out how these tests will go, but for now the launch is expected in May.
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