Nasa Moon mission Artemis gets go ahead to launch – BBC News

The US space agency Nasa says it is “go” to launch its giant new Moon rocket next Monday.

The rocket, known as the Space Launch System, will send a capsule, called Orion, on an excursion around the Moon.

The launch will be a key moment for Nasa, which, in December, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the very last human landing on the Moon - Apollo 17.

Nasa sees return to the Moon as a way to prepare to go to Mars with astronauts sometime in the 2030s or soon after.

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[YachtReport]

I can only imagine the crazies that will come out when this goes ahead. The flat earthers, the moon landing deniers, conspiracy theories will be awesome!

[NeverlostatBSgaming]

My mother got to watch the first moon landing as a child now I’ll get see a moon landing of my own

[lolzlolz]

0:40 If you are good enough to be on the mission then you are good enough to be on the mission, regardless of black, white, man, women, person. Stop with the tick box exercises.

[breakingtoys]

I wish NASA, every man and woman the best who are involved in this endeavour. GO NASA GO 🇺🇸

[joenichols]

I'll be there. Even I'm nervous - can't imagine how the thousands of engineers involved feel.... going to be a great show!

[MrEjidorie]

I still remember vividly when man had landed on the Moon for the first time in 1969. I was a Japanese middle school student, and it seems to me that Mr. Armstrong had landed on the Moon yesterday. I`m a 66 years old retiree, but this Moon mission reignites my exitement when I was a junior high school student.

[Jayjay-qeum]

"The search for knowledge is what brought men to the moon; but it took knowledge already acquired to make it possible to get there." -- Neil Armstrong

[mylestubedayz]

As long as the best people for the job are operating the craft that’s more important than a diversity operation!

[TheSeanUhTron]

Gonna be awesome seeing astronauts back on the moon with modern cameras!

[corey]

I don't care what anyone says, couldn't be more excited to see man go back to the moon in my life time!

So freakin hyped! 😁😁😁

[_stardust]

One great thing about waiting a ridiculous 50 years to go back to the moon is the cameras and live feed will be sooo much better!! 🎥📹

[LomidzeDavid]

People: "NASA has never been on the Moon"
NASA: "Alright, I will do it again..."

[martinoconnor]

Why does it have to be about the "First woman and first person of colour"? why can't it be about the "best qualified to go"?

[ronkirk]

Good luck, NASA! Godspeed, Artemis.Having seen the first lunar landing on TV in 1969 when I was 19, I'm so looking forward to seeing another.

[markmuller]

A moon landing is exactly what I need in this dark times

[johno]

The Saturn V still looks much cooler. 😎

[KatharineOsborne]

Only one Saturn V launched from 39B (Apollo 10). It did host a lot of Space Shuttle launches though. Most Apollo launches were at 39A which is currently leased to SpaceX for Falcon 9 launches including crewed launches.

[Wryvern]

I was so excited to read this. I've always lamented that I was born to late to experience the first moon landing, but now I may at least get to see one in my lifetime.

[lazarusblackwell]

Its nice to see that NASA is doing something

We need space missions to uplift our spirits as a species

Im waiting for the Mars mission

The Human race is progressing faster and faster and we can all contribute to that progress

[Sowilo-Dagaz]

My great uncle worked with NASA in the 60s through the 90s and helped design the Hubble telescope as well as did work with the apollo program(s). I think its awesome we're going back.