In 1969 as a young boy, I was lucky to have watched, along with the entire world, Apollo 11 launch and land on the Moon and return safely to the Earth. A mission started by the leadership of President John F. Kennedy. Now my children will soon see humans again land on the Moon. Today is the first launch window, of about 2 hours in duration, for a chance to launch Artemis-II into Earth orbit with four NASA astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian. The Orion spacecraft has just over 355,000 parts, built by NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin. If all systems are go, once in orbit, the spacecraft will inject itself into a flight into deep space around the moon to return to Earth.
