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NASA's Artemis II set to take off for moon voyage

Deutsche Welle · · 321 words · By Jenipher Camino Gonzalez
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“NASA's Artemis II set to take off for moon voyage”
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“Four astronauts of the Artemis II flight are expected to take off for the moon on Wednesday night”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“The 10-day flight around the moon marks a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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“It would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled in space, sending them some 252,000 miles (406,000 km)”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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“The trip also marks the first time humans will be leaving Earth's orbit since 1972, following the final Apollo mission”
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“Launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Artemis II mission's towering 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped with the astronauts' Orion crew capsule, will launch as early as 6:24 p.m. local time (2224 GMT)”
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“NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, landed in Florida from Houston on Friday after a two-week quarantine leading up to liftoff”
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“For now, weather conditions are forecasted to favor the launch, but in case of worsening weather, NASA will have until April 6 to retry the launch. If a launch is not successful in that window, Artemis II would have to wait till April 30 to launch again”
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“The astronauts are not expected to land on the moon”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The mission does not plan to land on the moon.
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/artemis-ii-the-int…
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“They will not circle around the moon nor perform a moonwalk”
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“They will not circle around the moon nor perform a moonwalk. But on the flight, they are expected to test critical life-support systems of the Orion capsule, crew interfaces and communications”
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“The Artemis II mission ultimately represents the opening shot of NASA's plans for a permanent moon base”
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“The agency hopes for a proper moon landing near the lunar south pole in 2028”
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