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4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...