Nasa targets March 6 date to send humans back around the Moon
BBC • • science
Key Points:
- NASA aims to launch the Artemis II mission in early March, marking the first crewed trip around the Moon in over 50 years and the farthest human journey into space to date.
- The mission will involve four astronauts on a 10-day voyage orbiting the far side of the Moon before returning to Earth, serving as a precursor to a future lunar landing.
- A successful "wet dress rehearsal" fueling and countdown test at Kennedy Space Center has set the earliest launch date for March 6, following a previous attempt halted by a hydrogen leak.
- The Orion capsule, about the size of a minibus, will house the crew as they spend the first day orbiting Earth, then travel approximately four days to and around the
