“We will launch the world’s only spacecraft designed to carry humans into deep space atop the most powerful rocket,” NASA President Bill Nelson said of the event.
The flight, scheduled for 8:33 a.m. (12:33 GMT), is the initial test of the “Artemis” program, which represents NASA’s attempt to return humans to the Moon and allow humanity to reach Mars followingwards. It is also a verification that the vehicle is safe for future astronauts.
Ten satellites will be launched to explore the moon and assess conditions for future deep-space missions, ABC News reported.
The unmanned spacecraft, which many around the world have been waiting for, from the Kennedy Space Center on the coast of Florida, is expected to orbit the Moon for 42 days before returning to Earth, where it will land in the ocean.
The British newspaper “Daily Mail” pointed out that the rocket used in NASA’s powerful launch cost 20 billion dollars and can only be used once, while the launch cost is 4 billion dollars.
It is the largest rocket project launched by “NASA” since the “Saturn V” project, which led to the landing of the first man on the moon in 1969.
The second mission of the “Artemis” project will launch in 2023, with a third flight in 2025, which will see American astronauts land on the Moon, if all goes well.
