CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States space agency NASA has launched its Artemis-1 mission from Kennedy Space Centre , Florida. The United States space agency NASA has launched its Artemis-1 mission from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.

Detailed explanation-2: -Artemis 1 rocket rollout set for March 17 for May launch In a press conference today, NASA announced that it will roll out the Artemis 1 moon rocket, the agency’s first Space Launch System megarocket, on March 17 at the Kennedy Space Center in a major milestone for the agency’s return to the moon.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA launched the Artemis I mission from Florida at 1:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday morning, with the agency’s most powerful rocket ever kicking off a nearly month-long journey.

Detailed explanation-4: -As the first major spaceflight of NASA’s Artemis program, Artemis 1 marked the return of the agency to lunar exploration originally begun as the Apollo program decades earlier. It was the first integrated flight test of the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

Detailed explanation-5: -Northrop Grumman manufactures the five-segment solid rocket boosters for the NASA Space Launch System (SLS). These are the largest human-rated solid rocket boosters ever built for flight.