Humans could well be living on the moon within the next decade, according to a NASA official.
The Artemis rocket, which carries the agency’s Orion spacecraft, was launched on Nov. 16 at 1:47 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration mission.
NASA hopes to one day return astronauts to the moon and eventually establishing a long-term human presence there through the Artemis missions.
It also hopes the lunar presence will serve as a stepping stone for astronauts on their way to Mars.
Three test dummies were aboard Wednesday’s rocket, which will see Orion travel approximately 40,000 miles beyond the moon and return to Earth over the course of 25.5 days, according to NASA….