NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket moves to launch pad
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NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.
Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.
NASA has confirmed that it is sending people to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. On Friday, January 9, the space agency confirmed the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) could travel to the moon as early as Friday,
The claim, which didn't cite when or where NASA supposedly admitted this, came from a frequent purveyor of misinformation.
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