next flight around the moon in 2024. then landing in 25 with a crew that includes a woman and a person of color. and this is what the future looks like. astronauts working on a new her space station called gateway. already the gateway sections are coming together in houston. it s going to let us fly crews from earth to gateway. from there will go on to the lunar surface. just as, week a new nasa satellite named capstone arrived at the moon. scouting the best future orbit for gateway. this is capstone, the actual size. with about 50, pounds has these deployable solar panels. the critical piece of technology is the intent on top. communicating directly with an orbiting lunar nasa satellite. can think of it like a gps system for the murder. underscoring why are, mess with its big orbital debris on the moon is so critical before splash down next month of san diego. next, year nasa plans to name the astronauts for america s first return to the moon in 50 years.
tonight, we rise together. after months of delays because of various technical problems. and not one but two hurricanes. nasa s artemis rocket successfully launched early this morning. the launch marks the beginning of nasa s effort to return humans to the moon for the first time since the 1970s. nbc s tom costello has more. it was just before 2 am on a cloudless florida night. lift off of artemis one. we rise together. back to the moon and beyond. the most powerful rocket in nasa history came into life. rattling buildings and windows. heading for a 26-day uncrewed orbit around the moon. charting a path to one day go long and deep. the moon is just a few days away. mars is months and months away. on board test dummies that will register the g-force and radiation exposure, with astronauts set to board the