The journey marks a series of historic accomplishments: it will send the first person of color, the first woman and the first non-American on a lunar mission. If the mission proceeds as planned, the astronauts will set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before. It is also the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's new lunar rocket, dubbed the Space Launch System (SLS). - Repeated setbacks -Under bright Florida sunshine, four giant tanks on the rocket were filled with liquid hydrogen and oxygen. But repeated setbacks stalled the mission and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 02, 2026 02:19 UTC