NASA to launch Artemis-II mission to Moon on Apr. 1
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A US Senate committee has directed NASA to begin work on a moon base "as soon as is practicable." Under legislation advanced by the Senate lawmakers, the outpost would serve as a science laboratory and proving ground,
Artemis II will send four astronauts around the Moon aboard Orion while the public tracks the mission through NASA’s Artemis Real-time Orbit Website and mobile app.
NASA will give an update today on its progress toward sending a crew to the moon.Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, circle Earth and navigate around the moon, and confirm that the spacecraft’s systems operate in the Artemis II launch,
The online users can see where Orion and the crew are in relation to the Earth and the Moon.