NASA is shooting for the moon: A guide to the Artemis II mission

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn, and then come straight back. No circling around the moon, no stopping for a moonwalk—just a quick out-and-back lasting less than 10 days. NASA promises more boot prints in the gray lunar dust, but not before a couple of practice missions. The upcoming test flight by Artemis astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen is the […]... Keep on reading: NASA is shooting for the moon: A guide to the Artemis II mission

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