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artemis stands ready
ready to turn dreams into reality

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ready to return humanity to the moon and
take us further than ever before

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the culmination of inspiration and
innovation of herculean efforts and

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steadfast collaboration artemis 1 is
ready for departure

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and the artemis generation is about to
leave its mark

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what will be a journey of more than a
half a million miles to the moon and

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back
starts right here at launch complex 39

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bravo
although this first flight will not

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carry a crew it will test every system
in the deep depths of space to prepare

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the way for future crewed missions

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when the final go is given and the teams
at kennedy space center release this

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rocket arms will roar to life and we
will witness the beginning of a tightly

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choreographed mission

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the first two and a half minutes lift
artemis off earth and build momentum

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it's another six minutes of pressing
uphill accelerating to orbit

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this is followed by push from the second
stage to raise orion higher

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and once all the systems are cleared to
continue the second stage will fire

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again and push orion beyond the bounds
of earth

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at this point we're going to the moon
it'll take several days to reach our

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destination but as we sprint across the
void many new procedures and systems

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will be tested and proven
240 thousand miles later orion will

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enter an oval-shaped orbit around the
moon one that will take orion to about

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60 miles above the lunar surface and
then out to 40 000 miles beyond the moon

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this is a distance farther than any
human rated spacecraft has ever gone

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before

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as momentous as reaching the moon will
be returning to earth is just as

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significant and challenging

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every observation we make every lesson
we learn on this journey prepares the

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way for humans to safely venture out and
return home

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and so on its final lap around the moon
orion will ignite its main engine push

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out of lunar orbit and begin the long
trek home

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this is a spacecraft built for the harsh
conditions of deep space as well as

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intensity of returning home

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nearing earth orion separates from the
main power and propulsion systems of the

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european service module and prepares for
the final sequence of events

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entering earth's atmosphere at 24 500
miles per hour the heat shield endures

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the fury of re-entry
the air around orion reaches

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temperatures half as hot as the sun but
also slows orion considerably

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until finally
parachutes can deploy allowing orion to

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gently dip into the pacific ocean

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to the moon and safely home again
this is the journey of artemis one and

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it will set the precedent for all that
follows

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united with partners around the world
this is the challenge we choose

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to meet hand in hand
step by step

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lighting the way
from the earth

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to the moon
to mars