Lockheed Martin, NASA's prime contractor for Orion, has finished building the spacecraft that will fly on Artemis 1, according to NASA. It's scheduled to return to KSC in early 2020 for launch preparations. Work is underway to complete the integration of the spacecraft, such as connecting bolts and umbilical lines between the modules. They show the astronauts walking on the moon surface.
Neither NASA nor Pence provided an update on when that Artemis 1 mission will launch.
"Few moments in our American story spark more pride than the Apollo 11 mission", President Donald Trump said in a Space Exploration Day message.
In July of 1969, the United States famously sent three astronauts to the moon.
Collins didn't attend the celebration in Florida, but Aldrin was there, and he drew a standing ovation during Pence's speech, with the audience rising to recognize not only Aldrin and his crewmates, but all the people who toiled to bring the Apollo 11 program to life.
"To get to Mars, you have to land on the moon, they say".
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"Ultimately, we're going to have to move beyond Earth", said Young.
Collins too is keen for crewed missions sooner rather than later, and has advocated for the U.S. to go "direct to Mars" rather than returning to the Moon first.
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Going back to the Moon sustainably with this innovative approach will enable America to take the next giant leap - sending humans to Mars.
"Frankly, I've been a little disappointed in the last 10 to 15 years". We've always gone over the horizon to the next thing. "It's coming back with a vengeance", Bridenstine said at Saturday's ceremony.
Nasa's current plans include a moon as a celestial stepping-stone to Mars.
"We are a government run agency".
Also absent from the event was the "other side" politically.
"I'm especially grateful today to be joined today by some of the greatest champions of American leadership in space in the Congress", Pence said, recognizing those Republican members of Congress in attendance. The three already living on the space station also were born long after the moon landings.
Asked on Saturday if he thinks much about the events of 50 years ago, he told Fox News: "Not very often". Armstrong was the first to step onto the lunar surface, proclaiming for the ages: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
And where better to celebrate than Apollo, Pennsylvania - located in Armstrong County not far from the town of Mars and Moon Township.
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