NASA’s Artemis II sending crew around moon
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NASA has already set a date for a mission that will study how space radiation affects humans on the surface of the Moon.
During its upcoming Artemis II mission, NASA plans to test a new communication system to send messages back home, ABC reports. While in transit around the moon, astronauts will be able to use a laser-based communication system to send back HD videos, telemetry data, mission information, and voice calls.
For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two years ago - has the potential of hitting the moon in 2032.
NASA prepares to launch Artemis II mission in September, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.