00:00NASA has announced that the Artemis 2 mission,
00:02which sent four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon,
00:07has been declared a complete success
00:08and that deep space systems are now proven ready for the next historic step—
00:13a crewed lunar landing.
00:15Orion survived its high-speed Earth return with improved heat shield performance
00:20and achieved pinpoint landing accuracy.
00:22The Artemis II success means NASA's space launch system
00:26is now validated for crewed deep space travel for the first time since the Apollo era.
00:32The four astronauts, who flew further from Earth than any humans
00:35since the last Apollo mission in 1972,
00:38returned safely and reported that the spacecraft systems performed flawlessly.
00:43NASA administrator officials confirmed this week that Artemis III,
00:48the mission that will return American astronauts to the lunar surface
00:51for the first time in over 50 years, is now on the schedule.
00:56China has its own lunar landing program accelerating rapidly.
01:00The race to return to the moon,
01:02and potentially to establish the first permanent lunar presence,
01:06is now fully joined between the United States and China.
01:09What happens on the moon in the next decade
01:12could determine who dominates space for the next century.
01:14and the moon has actually been in the next decade.
01:15So he's been there for the next decade to the moon in the next decade.
01:15You
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