New York, April 11 (IANS) Four astronauts who ventured where no human has gone before in deep space returned home, touching down in the Pacific, becoming pathfinders for humanity’s return to the moon and journeys beyond.It was a splash heard around a crisis-ridden world where millions watched on Friday, looking for a sign of hope and achievement.“What a journey”, exclaimed Reid Wiseman, the commander of Artemis II, when they landed.It was indeed a spectacular space odyssey of nine days and…
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Washington, April 1 (IANS) NASA is set to launch four astronauts on a landmark mission around the moon on Wednesday evening, marking the first human journey beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years. The Artemis II mission, with a launch window opening at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, will send the crew on an approximately 10-day trip around the moon and back.The flight is being billed as the highest-stakes mission for NASA in decades and a critical step toward retu…
New York, April 1 (IANS) More than half-a-century after mankind’s sojourn to the moon, four astronauts are planned to take off Wednesday on a voyage that will take them around the celestial body in preparation for journeys beyond, deep into space.“Fifty-three years ago, humanity left the moon and did not return. Now we go back”, declared NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, clearing the mission.NASA’s Artemis II rocket with the Orion spacecraft with four astronauts is set to lift…
Florida, March 21 (IANS) NASA has returned its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft for its upcoming Artemis II crewed lunar mission to the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Centre in the US state of Florida.The integrated SLS and Orion travelled about 4 miles (around 6.4 kilometres) from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the space centre, departing at 12:20 a.m. Eastern Time and arriving at the launch pad at 11:21 a.m., completing an 11-hour journey.NASA teams a…