After decades of stumbling, humankind has taken a big step forward in the ongoing quest to return to the moon — and to travel beyond. The journey has been a long time in the making: Our last visit was more than 50 years ago, during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
In April 2023, NASA named the four astronauts in the crew for Artemis II, the upcoming mission that could launch as early as November 2024. During the 10-day journey, the spacecraft will circle the moon, traveling deeper into space than any crewed spacecraft has ever gone before.
