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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.

With weather conditions currently at 80% favourable, NASA is launching the Artemis 1 mission today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 8.33am EDT (10.33pm AEST).

The second attempt to launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has been scrubbed.

Humans haven’t been back to the moon in 50 years. But an uncrewed NASA rocket launch set for Monday will be the first step toward returning astronauts to the lunar surface, and eventually traveling on to Mars.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Artemis I isn’t just a mission to orbit the moon. It’s the beginning of a new era for NASA that promises to not just return humans to the lunar surface, but to press on to Mars.

While the Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world, several technologies could combat this phenomenon. For one, we can release sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to chill things out.

England captain Ben Stokes praised his side for producing a “benchmark” performance that swept South Africa aside inside three days at Emirates Old Trafford. Stokes started his reign with four adrenaline-fuelled run chases against New Zealand and India before crashing back to earth with a thumping defeat by the Proteas…

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NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

Megarocket to lift off from Florida on Monday morning, one of final crucial test steps before astronauts’ return to the moon

Half a century ago the Apollo programme helped change our perspectives on our own world. Imagine what the view from Mars will do