three, two, one. and this is the rocket they ll be riding on. it made a test flight to the moon last year. now it s ready for a crew. the artemis ii mission will lift off from cape canaveral in florida. the spacecraft will spend the first 42 hours orbiting the earth, testing the life support systems. it s the first time they ll have been used. the astronauts will then spend four days travelling to the moon, flying far beyond it, before heading back for a splashdown in the pacific ocean. the whole trip will take about ten days. it s been 50 years since humanity last visited the moon. this next generation s mission is scheduled to take off at the end of next year. rebecca morelle, bbc news. what an amazing report there. exciting times indeed. i want to leave you now with live pictures from manhattan. this is the scene outside trump
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is set to become the first woman to go around the moon when NASA s Artemis II mission takes off next year. Koch will fly on Artemis II with three other astronauts. Here s all you need to know about Christina Koch