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Artemis II Is Shooting for the Moon: All the Details About NASA's Historic Mission

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The Artemis II crew (from left): Backup crew members Andre Douglas and Jenni Gibbons, then prime crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch. They're posing for this picture in front of Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, standing on the mobile launcher that carries them from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA/Joel Kowsky

Are you ready for a bona fide moon shot? The upcoming Artemis II mission is one of the most exciting space excursions in recent memory. It'll be the first time humans have flown to the moon since December 1972, when the landmark Apollo program wrapped up, and NASA began shifting focus toward the space shuttles that would stay closer to home in Earth orbit. 

Artemis II is a chance for NASA to gather valuable new data from a spaceflight of ...


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