The Apollo missions sent astronauts to the moon. With Artemis, NASA wants them to stay.
The Artemis program’s Space Launch System has a maximum speed of more than 24,000 miles per hour, but it still isn’t fast enough to escape comparisons to Apollo 11. Yet, those preparing the SLS (to use its NASA-designated acronym) have loftier ambitions than matching the Apollo program in taking humans to the moon and returning … Read more