NASA Flight test rocket released until the moon Aiming for astronaut landing

NASA, which aims to land astronauts on the moon, released it to the media on the 5th after completing the work of mounting the spacecraft used for the flight test up to the moon on the rocket.

NASA = NASA is aiming for astronauts to land on the moon for the first time since the Apollo program in the international lunar exploration program "Artemis Program".

As the first step of this plan, the work to mount the spacecraft used for the flight test up to the moon on the rocket was completed and it was released to the media on the 5th.

The assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is preparing for the launch of a new rocket, the Space Launch System.

The rocket is approximately 98 meters long and can carry up to 27 tons of spacecraft and cargo into orbit of the Moon.

The spacecraft "Orion" is mounted on the tip of the rocket.

Orion will orbit the moon unmanned on its first flight and collect data for future manned flights.

NASA has set a goal of "landing astronauts on the moon in 2024," and last month announced that it would "make an unmanned test flight in February next year."

Regarding space development, China is catching up with the United States, such as having astronauts stay at its own space station and succeeding in bringing back moon rocks with an unmanned spacecraft, and this "Artemis program" is going well. Attention is being paid to whether to proceed to.