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After a spectacular lunar flyby, the Orion capsule is headed toward a distant orbit around the moon.

After months of delays, this past Wednesday, Artemis 1, NASA's new moon rocket, carrying an unmanned Orion crew capsule, rose into Florida's night sky. 60 Minutes reported on Artemis, a project led mostly by women, last year.

A critical rocket firing on the back side of the moon will send the Orion capsule into a distant orbit around the moon.

NASA has also billed the Moon missions as a starting point toward more ambitious targets, like getting humans to Mars.

A critical rocket firing on the back side of the moon sent the Orion capsule toward a distant orbit for extended tests.

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>> welcome back to our town hall with former president, vice pence. he just witnessed a launch of the moon mission. he is a democrat who volunteered for the party any voted for joe biden, james. >> hi james. >> mister vice president, thank you for coming to new york. this morning, nasa launched, successfully launched the historic artemis i mission, bringing american back to the moon. as vice president, you lead the reestablishment of the national space council and i know the artemis program was ...

Tuesday night, NASA teams readied the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for its big moment, long delayed.

Here's what each phase NASA's Artemis moon missions will look like from launch to landing.

Despite 50 years of technological advance, going to the moon is still hard, writes Joelle Renstrom.