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Space » Artemis 1, the first mission of the American program to return to the Moon, could take off as early as August 29, NASA announced yesterday. Two alternative dates are possible: September 2 or 5, the space agency also specified.
The announcement was timely made on the anniversary of the landing of the Apollo 11 mission on the Moon, July 20, 1969. More than half a century later, the Artemis program should mark the return of Americans to this star , with the first woman and the first person of color.
However, Artemis 1 will not yet have an astronaut on board. The mission is intended to test NASA’s new giant rocket, SLS, of which this will be the first flight, and the Orion capsule at its summit, where a crew will be installed from Artemis 2. Take-off must take place from Cape Canaveral, in Florida. atS/AFP