On Wednesday, the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA announced that it's targeting the end of August for the launch of its giant, new moon rocket. 

NASA will attempt the more than month-long lunar test flight with three mannequins but no astronauts as early as Aug. 29. There are also two launch dates on Sept. 2 or Sept. 5.

"It's a special day, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing 53 years ago. It's really great to talk about this test flight to begin our Artemis program to go back to the moon," said NASA's James Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development.