The Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle has once again been rolled out to the launchpad, preparing to send the Artemis II spacecraft into orbit. This mission, first reported at the end of January, is meant to mark a milestone: the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, launched during Donald Trump’s first presidency and designed to return Americans to the Moon.
For the astronauts involved, it will also be a first. They will fly aboard the SLS, a super-heavy rocket assembled from Space Shuttle-era components, and travel in the Orion spacecraft, which has been in development for years as NASA’s vehicle for deep-space missions. For the first…
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