Here's when and where to watch NASA launch the Artemis I test flight to the moon.
Nearly 50 years since the last human set foot on the moon, NASA is preparing for its big return.
Eventually, the series of Artemis missions will again send people to the moon -- this time as the first step of the space agency's ambitious ultimate goal of the next giant leap for humankind: sending the first astronauts to Mars. On Aug. 29, NASA will launch the unmanned Artemis I test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Instead of humans or animals, as some space agencies did in decades past, three mannequins will be deployed on the mission.
The Artemis I mission itinerary is to travel to the moon, orbit it and return to Earth on Oct. 10, 42 days later. The Orion craft is planned to splash down into the waters of the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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