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When they land on the moon the nasa administrator, senator bill nelson was on the air this morning explaining why this time unlike the apollo program, this time the plan is to leave a lot more than just flags and footprints. >> yes, were going back to the moon in preparation to go to mars. thats the difference. 50 years ago we went to the moon for a day, a few hours, three days max. now were going back to the moon to stay, to live, to learn, to build. >> to build. and when he says "build" he is ...

Has been so delayed, they expected that this test mission artemis 1 would have taken place a long time ago. right now mother nature is on our side but a lot of people are wondering whether or not this test launch will actually happen. thats because nasa, despite them saying that their fourth attempt at a wet dress rehearsal was successful, they never made it to the point that they were hoping to in the countdown. a wet dress is when they do everything with the rocket, they fuel it up, except lau...

And delays and all of this to get back there? >> well, when we put people on the moon in the 1960s and the 1970s, we were in what felt like a race for survival, survival of the united states of america against the soviet union. we had an existential threat and we were responding to that in a peaceful way, which i think is wonderful, much better than solving that problem with bombs. so that kind of existential fear can shake loose the, you know, $140 billion in present day dollars that you would ...

Russian rockets up there. we are three days away from a major test flight for nasa. right now the space agency is holding a pre-launch briefing ahead of the artemis 1 moon mission launch. mondays highly anticipated unmanned at this point mission is the first of the artemis program. whats the goal? put astronauts back on the moon. >> it will also mark the first flight of nasas most powerful rocket ever the orion spacecraft. rachel crane is covering all the details of the upcoming flight. you wi...

On Aug. 29, over 100,000 visitors are expected to dot Florida’s Space Coast to watch the maiden launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the

Generation. and look what it did for us. and i cannot wait to see what comes from the artemis generation. because i think its going to inspire even more than apollo did. its going to be absolutely outstanding. >> so, in greek mythology, artemis is the twin sister of apollo, a little greek mythology lesson for you this morning. so, nasa really sees this as a continuation of the apollo program with a few key differences. this time, they want to land the first woman on the moon. this time, they wan...

The Artemis 1 mission wont have a crew onboard, but by the third launch, the SLS will be taking astronauts ...

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA and Rice University in Houston will host multiple events in September to celebrate the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedys historic...

/PRNewswire/ -- NASA and Rice University in Houston will host multiple events in September to celebrate the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedys historic...

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