NASA, Artemis and moon
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Just like the Apollo mission, Artemis II will be run from a mission control monitoring every instrument from here on Earth. How has it changed since the days of the space race?
As soon as April 1, four people will embark on a journey that will take them farther from the Earth than anyone has ever traveled before.
In the latest setback to return astronauts to the moon, NASA delayed the highly anticipated flight yet again after a new problem cropped up with the rocket Saturday. April is now the earliest that the four Artemis II astronauts could fly to the moon.
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This NASA tool will fly aboard a JAXA-ISRO mission to look for water in the Moon's south pole
The device, dubbed the Neutron Spectrometer System, will detect the presence of the H in H₂O without drilling into the surface.
"This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said. When they give the "go - no go" for launch, one desk will have a person rolling a D30 and checking for a 1. The question in my mind is: since this flight is risky, why ...