four astronauts from the POT they will begin the mission Artemis II to explore the moon in 2024. Americans christine cook, victor glove And wise wise manand the Canadian Jeremy Hansonthey will be the first humans to approach the satellite in 50 years, although they will not descend.

The journey of the selected astronauts takes about 9 days and 13 hours to cover the distance of 370,000 kilometers. Than will orbit the satellite for 6 daysafter which they will return to Earth.

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The Orion spacecraft, which will carry the Artemis II mission, was also used on the Artemis I mission, although it was not docked during the 2022 trip. The spacecraft will lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

After launch, there will be a so-called translunar injection, when a service module built by the European Space Agency will propel Orion out of Earth orbit and toward the moon.

According to NASA, this mission will “pave the way for future lunar landings and our next big leap: human exploration of Mars.”