NASA, Artemis and Moon
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NASA recently offered a rundown of the entire menu aboard its upcoming, 10-day Artemis II lunar mission. The long and short of it? Lots of smoothies, tortillas, and coffee. “On a typical mission day—excluding launch and reentry—astronauts have scheduled time for breakfast,
NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to the moon in over 50 years.
As an astronaut, you have to prepare for all kinds of eventualities, whether it’s staying in orbit for nine months longer than expected due to problems with your spacecraft, or cutting short a space station mission due to a health emergency.
The Navy captain and NASA astronaut will make history as part of the Artemis II mission, the first human lunar mission in more than 50 years.
The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest lunar mysteries.