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Hi, I'm NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

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My name is Shannon Walker, and I am a NASA astronaut.

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My name is Soichi Noguchi, Japanese astronaut.

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Hi everyone! I'm Colonel Mike Hopkins, NASA astronaut,

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and I just recently returned from the International Space Station as a part of the Crew -1 mission.

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And today is pretty special because I'm going to read a book to you

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called You Are Going, a story about Artemis, and it was illustrated by NASA Orion intern Shane Tolentino.

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So let's get started.

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When you look up at the night sky, what do you see?

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On a clear night, you can see thousands of stars.

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You might even see some faraway planets.

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The object most likely to catch your eye is our neighbor, the Moon.

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Right now, the Moon seems pretty empty. But soon, NASA's Artemis astronauts will land on the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions over fifty years ago.

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That's a great picture of storytime. Just like we're doing.

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Going to the Moon takes the talents of many people working together.

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People at NASA work with partners all across the United States, and even other countries.

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Artemis is all about teamwork.

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And you can see a part of that team right now, working on Orion. Looks like it's in a clean room there.

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Astronauts will ride inside the Orion spacecraft on their trips to the Moon.

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We always name our spacecraft, and the one going to the Moon is called Orion.

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You might be wondering how Orion gets into space.

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Well...

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The Space Launch System is the rocket that will launch Orion into space.

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You can call it SLS for short.

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SLS is the most powerful rocket in the world. It's taller than the statue of liberty!

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And its thrust, or force, is as powerful as 160,000 race car engines.

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That is a lot of engines.

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And here you can see, that's the SLS, right there.

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Looks pretty big to me too.

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Our first Artemis missions will send Orion into space without astronauts to make sure everything is safe.

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Later Artemis missions will take astronauts to the Moon's surface.

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These astronauts will get to walk on the Moon.

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How exciting! I would love to walk on the Moon.

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As our astronauts travel to the Moon, we will be here to cheer them on from the ground.

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When Orion is launched into space, the powerful SLS rocket will help the spacecraft to reach a speed of about 25,000 miles per hour.

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Whew! That's fast.

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That is 50 times faster than an airplane.

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SLS will zoom past the highest clouds.

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Here we have a picture of people on the ground, cheering on after Artemis has launched into space.

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Astronauts train for many years to prepare for this moment.

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They work hard for the chance to be a space explorer.

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Astronauts must learn about many things, like meteorology (the science of weather) and engineering (the science of machines.)

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They also learn how to fly a spacecraft.

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It's not an easy job. But it's worth it to learn about our universe.

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And there you see a picture of astronauts who have obviously done all that training, piloting a spacecraft.

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Oh, and they lost their sandwich, too. You see that?

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It's making me hungry.

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Now Artemis astronauts will not go to the Moon alone.

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When they fly, they take the whole world's hopes and dreams for the future of space exploration with them.

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We are going together.

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With Artemis, the first woman and the first person of color will step on the Moon.

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The whole world will be watching and ready to celebrate.

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What a great opportunity.

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And I look forward to when it becomes real.

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The first Artemis astronauts will pave the way for humans to stay longer on the Moon.

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Imagine each night, standing on the Moon, and looking up at the Earth.

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What a great thought.

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Astronauts, looking up at the night sky at Earth.

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Artemis astronauts will work on and around the Moon.

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NASA and its partners will build a spaceship to orbit the Moon. It will be called the Gateway.

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And if you look, right there, that's the Orion capsule. So that's what they launched on. And it docked to Gateway, right here.

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In the future, we will build a base camp with rovers, a home, and a laboratory.

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What do you think astronauts do on the Moon?

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And of course you gotta eat.

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So we're going to look at ways to grow fresh fruits and vegetables on the Moon, also.

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Who knows what the future can hold for us?

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There is still so much we don't know!

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And there's some people on the Moon, growing those fruits and vegetables so they have something to eat.

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Space exploration brings people together from all over the world.

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It gives us a chance to discover new things.

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It teaches us more about the universe and our little blue planet, Earth.

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No matter who we are, or where we come from, we all call this planet home.

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That's a pretty good drawing. I don't think I could draw that good.

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We need imagination, creativity, and determination to take us farther than we have ever gone before.

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And NASA can't do it alone.

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Reminds me of when my kids built a spaceship out of all of our moving boxes.

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That was fun.

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Will you be part of our next group of brave explorers — the Artemis generation?

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And guess what? That's the end.

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So, You Are Going, A Story about Artemis.