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All systems go for highly anticipated Artemis 1 mission

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All systems go for highly anticipated Artemis 1 mission

The NASA moon rocket stands ready less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)All systems are a go for the highly-anticipated Artemis 1 test flight. The $37 billion Orion Spacecraft is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The unmanned lunar rocket will take a lap around the moon to test its capabilities before returning to earth six-weeks later. James Free, the Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development at NASA spoke on the topic.