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NASA’s return to the moon begins Monday with a rocket launch

The Artemis III Orion crew capsule being assembled at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The capsule will carry astronauts on a mission to land on the moon in the future. The unmanned Artemis I is scheduled to launch from KSC at 8:33 a.m., Monday.

Humans haven’t been back to the moon in 50 years. But an uncrewed NASA rocket launch set for Monday will be the first step toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface, and eventually traveling on to Mars.

NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket is scheduled to launch for the first time ever at 8:33 a.m. Eastern time from Kennedy Space

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