Nasa's Artemis: Spacecraft arrives at the Moon
Par Nelly Sallibartan (Collège Germaine Tillion (91)) le 23 novembre 2022, 16:53 - Lien permanent
It's really exciting because a human spacecraft hasn't been sent to the lunar surface for 50 years.
This Artemis I mission is not crewed by astronauts, but this launch is part of the US space agency's wider project to send humans back to the Moon.
The last astronauts to visit it were the crew on the Apollo 17 rocket in December 1972.
The special spacecraft called the Orion capsule is sweeping 80 miles (130km) above the lunar surface, before entering into a larger orbit around the Moon.
The 100m-tall Artemis rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday 16 November 2022; it is the most powerful rocket Nasa has ever built.
It's an historic day for all the people who love human space flight and deep space exploration.
Because this is a test flight, no astronauts are on board this time.