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I'm Ben Thomas with an AP News Minute.

Things are looking good for a launch tomorrow of NASA's

Artemis 2 mission.

Marsha Dunn reports some kick canaveral.

The space launch system rocket 322 feet tall on the launch pad

awaiting lift off with four astronauts who will be making

NASA's first flight to the moon in more than 50 years.

They're not going to land.

They're not stopping at the moon at all.

But they're going to fly to the moon, go around and

come straight back.

But Marsha reports the moon is not the end.

NASA envisions lunar bases, scientific outposts and using all

of that is a paving ground to get astronauts to Mars,

which is the real ultimate goal sending astronauts to another planet.

Everything will depend on this flight going up to pave the way

for the next moon landing crew and all the Artemis crews after that.

That's AP Aerospace Writer Marsha Dunn and I'm Ben Thomas.