# The Great Ongoing Space Exploration Thread

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** science-math\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703 "2020-11-16T12:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-space-exploration-thread/925703/361 "2022-08-27T12:27:00Z")

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I started a thread for the Artemis program:

> [@Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's going to be a long long time)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-going-to-be-a-long-long-time/970432):
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> I couldn’t find an existing thread for this so wanted to start one. NASA has built SLS, contracted a number of private companies, and collaborated with a number of international partners to begin a new era of lunar exploration. On Monday it will be the first launch window for an unmanned SLS rocket to travel to the moon, deliver some small satellites, orbit, and return to Earth. This mission is going to last around 42 days. [[image] ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Artemis_I_map_October_2021.jpg) The rocket is a big’un: …

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