The Orion spacecraft successfully launched, beginning its journey to explore the Moon
This giant booster rocket took off at 1:47 a.m. on November 16 from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) in Florida thanks to a strong thrust of up to 3. 9 million kg. The spacecraft will make a 30-day, 2.1 million km journey to the Moon and back.
Close-up of NASA's spacecraft bringing people back to the Moon
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Samuel Daniel
Update 17 November 2023
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