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
I m a mission specialist on the artemis 2 mission to the moon. she holds the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman. jeremy hansen, from the canadian space agency a fighter pilot and physicist. and nasa s former chief astronaut, reid wiseman the artemis 2 commander. and making up the four piloting the spacecraft will be victor glover. artemis 2 is more than a mission to the moon and back. it s more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i m most excited about is that we are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission. artemis 2 your mission. three, two, one. and this is the rocket they ll be riding on. it made a test flight
Astronaut reid weisman, the artemis ii commander. and making up the four, piloting the spacecraft will be victor glover. artemis ii is more than a mission to the moon and back, it s more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i m most excited about is that we are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission. artemis ii, your mission. three, two, one. and this is the rocket they ll be riding on. it made a test flight to the moon last year with no crew on board, passing with flying colours. now it s ready for the next step. the artemis ii mission will lift off from cape canaveral in florida. the spacecraft will spend the first 42 hours orbiting the earth,
Four astronauts ready to make history. and now they ve been revealed. i m christina koch, i m a mission specialist on the artemis ii mission to the moon. she holds the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman. jeremy hansen, from the canadian space agency, a fighter pilot and physicist. and nasa s former chief astronaut, reid wiseman, the artemis ii commander. and making up the four, piloting the spacecraft will be victor glover. artemis ii is more than a mission to the moon and back, it s more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i m most excited about is that we are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission. artemis ii, your mission. three, two, one. and this is the rocket they ll be riding on. it made a test flight
Has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i m most excited about is that we are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission. artemis ii, your mission. 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