This is The Guardian.
Today, boldly going where no one has been before, kind of, a mission to conquer the moon.
In the run-up to launch, it 's a really interesting period because actually things kind of come into focus,
as you can imagine.
It 's quiet for the astronauts in comparison to what life will have been,
all that training and preparation leading up to the mission.
This week, NASA will blast Artemis 2 into the Florida sky and far,
far beyond in a mission to send three men and the first woman to fly around the moon.
It's the furthest humans will ever have gone into deep space.
A mind-boggling feat of human ingenuity.
And one that the British astronaut Tim Peake has some experience with.
Of course, there 'll be nerves, there 'll be apprehension, there 'll be an emotional farewell with families,
but also there 'll be this absolute burning desire to get on board that rocket
and carry out the mission that they 've been training for.
One minute, 30 seconds.
For me, it was a relatively small rocket, about 50 meters.
This rocket, the SLS, it's about the size of Big Ben.
You know, you've got a longer elevator ride up there.
There's an awful lot of fuel they'll be sitting on top of.
That rocket has got to have, you know, the ability to carry them to the moon and back.