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NASA sends four astronauts Moon-bound on Artemis II mission
The Artemis II project aims to return humans to the Moon by 2028
NASA’s Artemis II mission, which plans to send four astronauts towards the Moon for the first time in over five decades, has successfully taken off on Wednesday night.
The Artemis II project, a component of NASA’s Artemis program which aims to return humans to the Moon by 2028, will have the four astronauts orbit the Moon on the inaugural crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, will embark on the journey in the Orion crew capsule, and the entire mission is anticipated to last 10 days.
The mission was delayed in February due to issues with helium supply.
NASA has recently delayed its Moon landing agenda, revising the 2027 Artemis III mission from a Moon landing to a test flight.
The Artemis IV mission in 2028 is now the next planned Moon landing attempt.
The last time NASA landed on the Moon was with the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Artemis I, an uncrewed mission where the SLS propelled the Orion capsule around the Moon, occurred in 2022.
