Today’s #GoogleDoodle celebrates the launch of Artemis II, the NASA mission that will send astronauts around the moon and back for the first time in over 50 years. During the approximately 10-day voyage, the crew will test the spacecraft’s systems while traveling farther into deep space than any human has gone since the Apollo program. This critical test flight brings us one step closer to a long-term return to the moon and future missions to Mars.
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