‘World leading’ UK to provide vital NASA support for Moon landing mission tomorrow

The UK is a key partner is the Artemis programme, as part of its membership with the ESA.

While Britain has not played a major role in building components for the current launch, the UK will help build key aspects of future Artemis I missions, including making important contributions to the Lunar Gateway.

However, this does not mean that Britain has no role in tomorrow’s launch, as the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall is set to provide communications support for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the Moon.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, UK Space Agency exploration science manager Libby Jackson said: “The Artemis I is really exciting because of the Goonhilly Earth Station, the deep space antenna down in Cornwall is going to be tracking Orion, and is going to provide some of the communication services to the CubeSats that the Orion capsules will deploy out in deep space on the way to the moon.

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