How NASA’s Artemis 1 Launch Will Prepare Astronauts To Return To The Moon

Retired NASA astronaut Leland Melvin joins MSNBC’s Alex Witt to discuss NASA’s Artemis launch. The Artemis 1 space mission hopes to send astronauts on a trip around the moon in 2024. Melvin shares the missions main objectives and what the crew is doing to prepare in case something goes wrong. 

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[henrim]

Great to see the big smile on his face. Contagious. The true face of America.

[t.r.campbell]

Let’s hope this works. A lot of the engineers and scientists that were credited with taking us to the moon in the first place have either retired, or have passed away. We now have a new group in charge. Let’s hope they are as sharp.

[Never-mind]

Always remember - when you hear someone complain about the cost of the space program - this investment pays back more than double in advanced technology that makes us all richer.

[ianrogerburton]

I love this guy ! He´s such a great front guy for NASA !

[AaronOkeanos]

_"For-All-Mankind"_ ... Godspeed and Good Luck.

[pamelabahr]

I heard the recording of the sound within a black hole the other day and it was simply HEAVENLY!! I was AMAZED!

[RozzieBass]

Leland Melvin is my favorite astronaut! He's a Virginian and a dog lover ❤ I love his smarts and he's so nice. A great science communicator.

[AaronOkeanos]

I hope the Artemis-Program can fix some of the divisions in society appeared over the last 40 years because this is something which makes America *really* great again.

[emsleywyatt]

If you remember the Apollo program, this launch is basically an unmanned version of Apollo 8.

[SasquatchLivesMatter]

We need 24/7 live feed video from multiple angles inside and outside the space ship to and from the moon. FULL TRANSPARENCY since we’re paying for it

[zogozogy]

This is Science news coverage done right. Fairly lengthy, no deviations to anything political. Just purely about the Science

[ToadSauce]

Some of these comments worry me…. Can’t believe people actually think we never went lol

[rgwak]

t'rump: "I should announce that under my leadership, we're going to send a man to the sun. Wouldn't that be great?"
NASA: "Sir, the sun is far too hot to land a spacecraft on."
t'rump: "Not if we did it at night."
NASA: 🤦‍♂

[sixbladeknife]

Really puts all the politics and world issues in perspective.

[sadow]

i’ll wait for a vlog titled “A day in my life as an Astronaut in the moon”

[roberthepburn]

If we ever build a interstellar space craft it will either be from the moon (low gravity) or a large space platform

[btonemajor]

God, I wanna go. Use me as a bolt or a metal sheet but this is every young man's dream and mine to this day 😮😮💯

[hamesh]

Was taking a late night walk the last full moon 🌝... Looking at the beauty ... Jupiter and Saturn are also visible... To the naked eye

[Orang]

We gotta bring more moon rocks back 🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

[mialigaming]

Congratulations first time to the moon.