EXPLAINER: NASA's new moon rocket, 50 years after Apollo
By MARCIA DUNN 32 minutes ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is kicking off its new moon program with a test flight of a brand-new rocket and capsule.
Liftoff was slated for early Wednesday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test flight aims to send an empty crew capsule into a far-flung lunar orbit, 50 years after NASA’s famed Apollo moonshots.
The project is years late and billions over budget. The price tag for the test flight: more than $4 billion.
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