NASA Transports SLS Rocket Components by Train for Artemis 3 Moon Mission
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Victor Tangermann
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NASA has loaded parts of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket onto a train for transport to Kennedy Space Center, preparing for the Artemis 3 mission. This ambitious mission aims for the first crewed Moon landing attempt in 2028, involving astronauts using two separate Human Landing Systems from Blue Origin and SpaceX to test docking capabilities in Earth's orbit before heading to the lunar surface.
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· 3 pulledNASA is gearing up for its extremely ambitious next Moon mission, which will see a crew of astronauts taking two separate Human Landing Systems spacecraft being developed by Blue Origin and SpaceX for a joyride in Earth's orbit to test their docking capabilities.
The mission, dubbed Artemis 3, will set the stage for the first crewed Moon landing attempt in 2028.
To prepare, though, the agency fell back on some distinctly terrestrial transportation: by loading parts of its enormous Space Launch System rocket onto a massive train.
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