The heart of the rocket that will launch astronauts to the Moon in a few years is now complete. These astronauts will become the first people to walk the lunar surface since Apollo.
NASA announced on February 16 that technicians have completed welding of the 51-foot-tall liquid oxygen tank that will help launch Artemis III. It’s the second crewed mission of the space agency’s major return to the Moon, and the first to bring astronauts to the lunar surface in more than half a century.
The rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), will produce millions of pounds of thrust to deliver passengers and cargo to such a mighty distance from Earth. The engines will roar to life so that a crew can reach the lunar south pole, where reservoirs of ice could be a critical resource if humans are ever able to establish an ongoing presence there. READ MORE FROM INVERSE
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