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Artemis II: Mission Overview
The approximately 10day Artemis II flight test will launch on the agencys powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, prove the Orion spacecrafts lifesupport systems, and validate the capabilities and techniques needed for humans to live and work in deep space. The astronauts will launch from NASA Kennedy Space Centers Launch Pad 39B atop the SLS rocket as it generates 8. 8 million pounds of thrust, beginning their 600, 000 mile journey. Once out of our atmosphere, these star sailors will conduct a targeting demonstration and check the Orion spacecrafts systems near Earth before they head around the Moon and back to Earth, reentering our atmosphere at 30 times the speed of sound, before gently splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Artemis II s crew is comprised of NASA astronauts commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch; and Canadian Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. All about the mission:
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