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WATCH | NASA's Artemis lunar mission ready for launch

The Artemis I lunar mission, the long-awaited debut of NASA's next-generation mega rocket, is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a six-week test flight around the Moon and back.

NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, as it stands on launch pad 39B in preparation for the unmanned Artemis 1 mission at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (JOE SKIPPER)

The Artemis I lunar mission, the long-awaited debut of NASA's next-generation mega rocket, is scheduled for launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a six-week test flight around the Moon and back.

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