Happy Earth Day from NASA's Moon Rocket Artemis I | Kennedy Space Center

Happy Earth Day from NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis 1 on Launch Pad 39B consisting of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.  It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

Learn more about Artemis I at:

NASA's Artemis Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

NASA's Orion Spacecraft

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html

Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Image Date: April 21, 2022

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