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For every generation the Moon has been a beacon,
…of tides and time. Of dreams and destiny.

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For many across NASA and around the world,
it has been calling to us.

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It has been the daily efforts of thousands,
whose quiet resolve has pressed us forward

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and prepared us for this next moment. We don’t
just stand on the shoulders of giants; we

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stand shoulder to shoulder with the generations
of dreamers and doers that have navigated

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every phase of preparation. To every hand
that has added a fingerprint to what we now

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call Artemis

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Thank you.

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All of your work will soon be realized!

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Today the moment of return to the Moon has
never been closer. The path forward never

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so clear. The number of those committed to
the Artemis Accords continues to grow! The

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commercial lunar delivery missions that will
pave the way are nearing launch. And as NASA’s

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Artemis I stands fully stacked, the hardware
for our future human missions to the Moon

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is well underway!

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Are there challenges ahead? Certainly. But
this is our path to Mars. We are about reaching

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further into the unknown and learning how
to live on other worlds because the farther

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we reach, the greater we grow. And as history
has taught us the greatest of these benefits

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are fully realized and utilized here.