SLS Block 1 | Artemis II
Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.
Artemis II: ’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years →
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
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Artemis 2 astronaut advocates for equatorial lunar landings
The pilot of Artemis 2 says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions rather than go directly to the…