NASA Successfully Launched an Uncrewed Spacecraft to the Moon (Artemis 1)

We took our first steps in returning humans to the Moon and beyond.

A photograph of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I flight test. The photograph was taken on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Source: NASA.

On November 16, 2022, at 1:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, the Space Launch System — NASA’s most powerful rocket — launched and sent the Orion spacecraft toward the Moon. With this successful launch, all systems are go for the…