we can have a look inside orion s capsule to see what it s going to be like for the astronauts when the rocket eventually does have a crew. at five metres wide that s more than 15 feet it is big. it can accommodate four people inside. in fact, there s more than twice as much room as the apollo astronauts had for their missions to the moon in the 1960s and 70s. roger on that. we leave as we came and, god willing, as we shall return. today marks exactly 50 years since the last lunar landing by apollo 17. their footprints are still imprinted in the dust. no one thought it would take so long to return but now, others may soon be making their mark as the moon is within humanity s sights once again. rebecca morelle, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to ken kremer, a scientist and journalist
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yes, so, rebecca did mention in her piece there that there s already plans for the next missions. what s the next step for nasa now? the next step is artemis 2. i ve seen that hardware at various nasa centres and the orion at the kennedy space center, so they re building the next sls rocket in new orleans, it ll be shipped here early next year, then they will combine it with the orion later in the year and then, that mission, artemis 2, will carry four astronauts looping around the moon they won t go into orbit but they ll go around the moon, about a ten day flight. there ll be three americans and one canadian, so they ll be the first person, non american, to fly. and europe, again, will be involved in that, building the european space agency service module. and then, you know, in the future, then the astronauts will land on artemis 3 and european astronauts will fly eventually in the future, too. and, of course, zooming out to look at one of the key goals of all of this, it s
ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. officials in ukraine say their military has attacked the headquarters of russia s notorious wagner group in the east of the country. nasa s unmanned orion capsule has successfully splashed down in the pacific after a three week test mission. the orion spacecraft is part of the artemis project which aims to return astronauts to the moon. it captured images like this looking back towards earth. our science editor rebecca morelle reports on the end
this is bbc news. the latest headlines a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. officials in ukraine say their military has attacked the headquarters of russia s notorious wagner group in the east of the country. nasa s unmanned orion capsule has successfully splashed down in the pacific after a three week test mission. the orion spacecraft is part of the artemis project, which aims to return astronauts to the moon. our science editor rebecca morelle reports on the end of a key stage of an ambitious programme. after a million mile journey through space, our blue planet comes into view. it s time for the orion spacecraft to come home. with images taken from the capsule just after it entered the earth s atmosphere,