In the coming months, NASA will launch the first Artemis mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This milestone not only puts the United States on a path to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Program, but also sets the stage for the next giant leap: exploration of Mars.
Since astronauts last walked on the lunar surface almost 50 years ago, robotic exploration of deep space has seen decades of technological advancement and scientific discovery. For the past 20 years, humans have continuously lived and worked aboard the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth, preparing for the day we once again move farther into the solar system.
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