Monday, August 1, 2022

NASA to host Artemis briefings

NASA will host a pair of briefings Aug. 3 and Aug. 5 to preview the upcoming Artemis I lunar mission. The agency is targeting, no earlier than Aug. 29, for the launch of the Space Launch System rocket to send the Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The mission will take place over the course of about six weeks to check out systems before crew fly aboard on Artemis II. The first briefing will provide an overview of the Artemis I mission, and the second briefing will dive deeper into the Artemis I mission timeline and spacecraft operations. Both briefings will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency’s website. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test, the first in a series of complex missions to the Moon. Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars. Learn more about NASA’s Artemis I mission at: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/ (Source: NASA 08/01/22)

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