A senior agency official said that the new moon mission will bring science to multiple solar system destinations.
A NASA official said that the uncrewed mission lifted off at 1:45 a.m., hours after the launch of Artemis 1. Future missions will be built with humans on board.
Kate Calvin, NASA's chief scientist and senior climate advisor, told Space.com thatArtemis 1 is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to explore the moon.
There are amazing views of NASA's moon rocket debut.
Calvin said that the Artemis program is meant to do more science and stay for longer than the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s.
She said that both humans and robots are being used to learn more about the moon.
Calvin stated that the mission will benefit Earth science. Experiments and cubesats will gather pictures and biological measurements of living creatures, as well as measuring radiation in cislunar space to learn how it affects crew and electronics.
Calvin said that living off- Earth for a long time will benefit our planet.
There is a rocket launch in the sky.
Assuming the debut effort goes as planned, the Artemis 2 crewed mission will loop around the moon no earlier than 2024.
Calvin said that each mission is increasing the complexity. We are moving back to the moon and on to Mars.
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