Why this space race to the moon will be different
Jul 13, 2021
3 minutes
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a behemoth is being built.
The Space Launch System (SLS) is the most powerful rocket ever constructed, designed to propel humans far beyond Earth’s orbit. But its early missions revolve around a single goal: returning humans to the moon after an absence of nearly 50 years.
Across the globe, there is a resurgence of interest in our nearest neighbor, with missions looking to launch later this year and in the coming decade.
“It’s fascinating to think we may now be moving into that era of exploration that we’ve seen in the
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