The launch of the missile comes as an introduction to the “Artemis” mission, and re -sending astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time since the end of the “Apollo” program 50 years ago.
And if things go according to the plan during the 3 -week “Artemis 1” trip, the missile will pay an empty crew capsule to a wide orbit around the moon, then the capsule returns to the Earth and lands the Pacific Ocean next December.
On this experimental journey, the uninhabited Orion capsule will not fall on the moon, but will approach it at a distance of up to 64 thousand kilometers, in a record number of an accommodation vehicle.
The “Artemis 1” mission, which is expected to last 25 days, aims to verify that this new vehicle is safe to transfer future crews to the moon in the coming years.
“We are launching. Artemis 1 begins a new chapter in exploring humans of the moon,” NASA wrote in a tweet on Twitter.
“This missile carried a lot of sweat and tears,” NASA President Bill Nelson said on Tuesday. Despite the launch late at night, about a hundred thousand people came to the place to follow the expected scene, especially in the beaches surrounding the Kennedy Center..
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