“You can ask every other country that's gone back since we were there how hard it was,” said Jim Free, NASA’s head of human deep space activities.
Once those engines ignite Wednesday morning, Houston’s mission control will take responsibility for Artemis I. Its team will oversee engine burns that get Orion to the moon and back home. It will help test the guidance, navigation and control system. The Johnson Space Center also manages the Orion Program – meaning Houston engineers oversaw the design, development and testing of the Orion spacecraft – and it is managing partnerships withLater Artemis missions will use the Johnson Space Center-led Gateway, an outpost that will orbit the moon."Houston was the first word transmitted from the surface of the moon,"said in a statement,"and it will be the first word spoken upon our return.
NASA has not yet announced who will fly on the Artemis II mission. Free said that announcement will come after Artemis I and hopefully before the end of the year.
It has to actually work first