Technology has massively improved since the Apollo programme of 1961, meaning there's a greater chance this time around of learning even more about the Moon and space in general. They will conduct a range of science experiments and technology demonstrations in deep space. In the short term, 10 shoebox-sized satellites called CubeSats will drop off once Orion is approaching the Moon. (The journey to the Moon takes three days but reaching Mars is a far lengthier and trickier goal.) The long-term goal of the Artemis programme is to establish a space station and a lunar base camp on the Moon, so astronauts can eventually spend much longer periods of time there.Īfter that, the space agency wants to enact its "Moon to Mars" programme - with a current goal to have people on Mars in the next 20 years. In Nasa's own words, it is “going back to the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and inspiration for a new generation of explorers”. The next landing will see a woman step on to the surface, along with the first person of colour.Ī key talking point around the Artemis launch is why now - and why the Moon when we've already been? Those astronauts will look different, too. Future astronauts will live in a lunar base. Nasa wants the return to be permanent this time.Ĭernan and Schmitt spent just three days on the Moon. Watch as the rocket launches into space and relive. When Gene Cernan and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt stepped off the Moon to leave for home, no-one could have imagined it would take a half century to produce another rocket and capsule system capable of visiting Earth's satellite.Īrtemis will be different. This hour-long programme begins with an introduction to how rockets launch from Earthand other planets. It's remarkable to think that this December will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 17, the very last lunar excursion. It's been a long time coming but finally it really does seem as though we're going back to the Moon. Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Gene Cernan (left) and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt were on the last lunar mission - some 50 years ago Image caption: Gene Cernan (left) and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt were on the last lunar mission - some 50 years ago The aim for that splashdown is the Pacific Ocean - just off the coast of San Diego, California. That gives an expected splashdown date of 11 December The Orion capsule will come back in roughly 26 days, according to Nasa. The Artemis I mission is a test of the technologies that will take astronauts back to the lunar surface later this decade, after an absence of more than 50 years The hundred-metre-tall vehicle blasted off at 01:47 local time (06:47 GMT) on its debut flight from Florida's Kennedy Space Center to send a unmanned capsule around the Moon The American space agency, Nasa, has launched the most powerful rocket ever built We're going to be closing our live coverage shortly, as the Orion capsule heads towards the Moon. Space Launch Now is in no way affiliated with SpaceX, NASA, ULA, ISRO, ESA or any other launch provider.Nasa Copyright: Nasa Artwork: The upper-stage of the rocket put the Orion capsule on a path to the Moon Image caption: Artwork: The upper-stage of the rocket put the Orion capsule on a path to the Moon Get to know all the rockets that take us to orbit such as the Soyuz, Atlas, Delta, Ariane, Proton and Falcon 9 launch vehicle families. Track rocket launches from SpaceX, ULA, and Orbital/ATK as well as international launches from NASA, ROSCOSMOS, ISRO, JAXA and ESA.įollow along with NASA resupply missions to the International Space Station, commercial satellite launches from providers like IRIDIUM and science missions like James Webb Space Telescope!
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