NASA's next mission to the moon, Artemis. The one where we're going to land Artemis three. This is NASA's mission to Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. And Artemis was the goddess of the moon and other related things. So they're targeting the South Pole to land to check and verify that there's water there inside those craters.
Does being in space mean there is no gravity? What does noon have to do with the Artemis Mission? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down weightlessness, planetary alignments, and what is going on on the south pole of the moon.
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