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caring my baby to bury my baby. >> reporter: the countdown begins. nasa prepares for a return to the moon, this time with much bigger ambitions. cbs' mark strassmann reports tonight from the kennedy space center. >> we want to ultimately end up on mars. >> garrett: as many kids hemoree parents are turning to home schooling. cbs' kris van cleave shows us why. and cbs' steve hartman goes "on the road." >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm major garrett in for norah....

Ground, and now it's time for the flight test. >> reporter: after launch,art miswill rocket its crewless capsule within 50 miles of the moon's surface. it will loop into a distant lunar orbit, reaching roughly 40,000 miles beyond the moon, the deepest space ever for a capsule that could carry humans. 42 days after liftoff, orion will splashdown in the pacific ocean. >> it's one small step for mon. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: thirtmisas apollo oids. artemis 2, scheduled for 2024, will be a crude fly-by of the moon. artemis 3, some time later this decade, the first moon landing in m...