Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman to visit Kennedy Space Center for Artemis I launch
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Vice President Kamala Harris and the Second Gentleman will visit Kennedy Space Center on Monday for the Artemis I launch, according to White House officials.
Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will tour Artemis II and Artemis III mission hardware during their visit. Harris plans to speak to the news media about the historical significance of the Artemis Program, which will send the first woman and person of color to the moon, as well as discuss the United States' leadership in space exploration.
A United States president or vice president has not visited Brevard for a launch since 2020, when former President Donald Trump traveled to Kennedy Space Center for SpaceX's Demo-2 test mission on May 30 of that year.
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The launch, which carried a two-man crew of Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, was the first time astronauts traveled to the International Space Station in a commercial spacecraft rather than one owned and operated by a government space agency.
The launch of Artemis I and its uncrewed Orion capsule is scheduled for 8:33 a.m. Monday. The capsule will go on a 42-day flight in lunar orbit before splashing down to Earth.
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The rocket is NASA's most powerful rocket and will pave the way for crewed versions of the rocket, Artemis II and Artemis III. It's the first step in the mission to go back to the moon, where NASA plans to establish a long-term presence before moving on to Mars.
Finch Walker is a Breaking News Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Walker at 321-290-4744 or fwalker@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @_finchwalker
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