NASA, Artemis II and moon
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NASA still plans to conduct plenty of tests involving the suit, including parabolic flight, which can simulate the partial gravity of the Moon’s surface. The agency has already put the suit through its paces underwater at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft reached the Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday following a 4-mile, 12-hour crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman talked to FLORIDA TODAY about the Crew-11 astronaut evacuation, Artemis II rocket rollout, and the status of NASA HQ.
The U.S. is the only country to have ever sent humans to the moon.
Four Artemis II astronauts plan to fly around the moon and back next month, traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them.