NASA, Artemis
Digest more
NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.
NASA says America’s push back to the Moon is accelerating, with Artemis II poised to launch a new era of U.S. space leadership.
The goal of the Artemis program is to eventually send Americans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with the longer term goal of achieving missions to Mars. The launch of Artemis II follows the original Artemis launch, which sent a crewless craft into space in 2022.
NASA will launch two crewed missions in early February, sending astronauts to the ISS to prepare for Mars missions and another crew to orbit the moon.
Ernie Wright, a science visualizer at NASA, explains why the moon turns red during a lunar eclipse. Wright also explains how the eclipse would look from the moon in this interview with Space.com's Chelsea Gohd.