NASA has announced that it will launch an unmanned flight around the moon in February 2022, which will pave the way for astronauts to re-enter the moon.
The US space agency announced on Friday that it is in the final testing stages of sending the Orion capsule into orbit around the moon the place Launch the system rocket.
It was announced this week that the Orion has been mounted on a 98 meter (322 ft) rocket.
NASA said the Artemis 1 mission would “pave the way for future test flights with crews” ahead of “more complex missions with astronauts on and around the moon”.
Until February, the agency will conduct a series of tests, including the interface and communication system, as well as a rehearsal a few weeks before it starts.
NASA said it would set a launch date if the rehearsal was successful.
“Artemis 1 will provide the foundation for human space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and ability to extend human existence to the moon and beyond before the first crewed flight on Artemis 2,” he said.
That was 52 years ago NASA’s space program Getting people to the moon began with the Apollo 11 mission and Neil Armstrong’s famous giant stride.
A total of 12 people set foot on the moon between 1969 and 1972 when the mission was abandoned in favor of the space shuttle work and the international space station.
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