NASA’s next-generation Artemis rocket takes off

Current Context: National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s next-generation 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket was launched from Florida.

• It is the first time after the end of the Apollo program, in order to put the astronauts back on the lunar surface.
• The rocket Artemis has marked the first flight of an SLS rocket.
• It is built by Boeing Company, Orion Capsule, and Lockheed Martin Corporation together.
• The 98-meter SLS has the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.
• The rocket will carry an uncrewed Orion Capsule that reaches the lunar orbit for a test journey.
• Static part- This was the third attempt by the US Space Agency to launch the rocket.

Question:

Q.1 What is the name of NASA’s new rocket which will put humans on the lunar surface?
a. Ares
b. Pegasus
c. Artemis
d. Apollo V