EXPLAINER: NASA's new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo
NASA is making another attempt to launch its new moon rocket on its first test flight
By MARCIA DUNN
Published - Nov 15, 2022, 01:13 PM ET
Last Updated - Jul 30, 2024, 05:45 AM EDT
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is kicking off its new moon program with a test flight of a brand-new rocket and capsule.
Liftoff was slated for early Wednesday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test flight aims to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA's famed Apollo moonshots.
The project is years late and billions over budget. The price tag for the test flight: more than $4 billion.
A rundown of the new rocket and capsule, part of NASA’s Artemis program, named after Apollo’s mythological twin sister:
