Portugal present in the first photo of Earth
By a stroke of luck, the Iberian Peninsula and Africa appear cloudless.
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Nasa news in Portugal
Latest news and stories about nasa in Portugal for expats and residents.
Latest news and stories about nasa in Portugal for expats and residents.
By a stroke of luck, the Iberian Peninsula and Africa appear cloudless.
It is the first human mission to the Moon in over half a century: Artemis II took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day mission around Earth's only natural satellite. “Humanity's next great journey begins.”
Exciting and historic: after two last-minute issues, NASA successfully launched Artemis II - the 10-day mission has begun. The Moon is just over there.
Launch scheduled for this April 1st at 23:24 (Lisbon time) from the Kennedy Space Center. Who the pilots are, what the spacecraft is like, what can be done inside it, and the purpose of the mission.
If all goes well, the long-awaited NASA mission will launch this Wednesday at 23:24 (Portugal time), after three postponements. Artemis II will test, from end to end, all the systems of the rocket and the spacecraft that will take four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon. It will be the first time that humans have travelled so far into space.
In Portugal for a conference on space policy and diplomacy, the NASA representative in Europe spoke to PÚBLICO about the US space agency's announcements and future missions.
