NASA rolls out Artemis II rocket for historic Moon mission

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NASA rolls out Artemis II rocket for historic Moon mission  This will be the first crewed mission to travel around the Moon since the Apollo era, with astronauts flying past the far side of the Moon to test life support and navigation systems.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/17/nasa-rolls-out-artemis-ii-rocket-for-historic-moon-mission  Euronews Next is a future-focused news section covering global innovation, science and technology with a European perspective. Our dedicated team of journalists aims to educate and inspire today’s leaders by providing them with analysis and insights into the people and organisations shaping our future

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00:00This is a massive milestone for NASA and the Artemis program because this is going to be the

00:25first time that a crew of humans will see the far side of the moon and is such an important

00:31milestone in NASA's eventual goal of getting two feet, human feet, back on the lunar surface.

00:55One of the benefits of pursuing a space program, and we definitely saw that through Apollo,

01:09was there are huge technological innovations that then filter down to the general public.

01:14A lot of things that we take for granted today, like fire suppression technology,

01:20things like just simple things like safety blankets, for instance.

01:25The SLS, the Space Launch System, is designed to be such a large rocket that it's actually

01:34capable of perhaps even going a bit further eventually in the future.

01:38If NASA continues its trajectory, it could well see missions to the moon, to Mars, sorry.

01:44It could see things going deeper into space, for instance.

01:47It's been suggested that it's powerful enough to reach Jupiter, for instance.

01:55Thanks for listening to the moon.

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