Teams have closed the hatch of NASA's Orion capsule sitting on top of its gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.
If all goes well, the SLS rocket will take Orion into space, where the capsule will then burn its own thrusters to journey around the Moon and back. While the spacecraft will be uncrewed, Orion will host a suite of sensors that willArtemis 1 is only the beginning.
Future missions, slated to launch within the next decade, will see astronauts enter lunar orbit and eventually even attempt to touch down on the surface as well.All NASA can do is watch and hope that tonight's launch will be a success — we certainly wouldn't want to be in their shoes.
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