Next week, NASA plans to launch the Artemis 1 mission, which will test its rocket and ship designed to fly to the moon.. According to Xinhua, the rocket and spacecraft have already been delivered to the launch pad..

It is noted that the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion ship will fly without passengers on board. It should help test the readiness of the system to launch manned missions.. Orion is expected to spend about three weeks in space, three days of which in orbit around the moon..

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Rocket launch scheduled for August 29. It will take place from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral..

The rocket and spacecraft arrived at the launch pad last Wednesday..

Earlier, NASA published a list of regions that could become possible sites for landing people on the moon..