NASA aims to launch its uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1 in February next year, the first step in America's plan to return humans to the Moon by 2024
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Lucy spacecraft aboard at Space Launch Complex 41, October 15, 2021, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The space agency had initially hoped to launch the test flight by the end of this year, with astronauts set to walk on the Moon by 2024. "The February launch period opens on the 12th and our last opportunity in February is on the 27th," said Mike Sarafin, Artemis 1 mission manager. The next windows are in March and April.
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