NASA, Artemis and moon
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NASA's Artemis II mission completes a critical engine burn, propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four-person crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon.
As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA’s new Artemis program are inevitable. The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.
The upcoming Artemis II mission represents a key step in NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon and lay the foundation for future deep-space exploration.
As the Artemis II crewed moon mission soars deeper into space than humans have traveled in decades, back on Earth, the White House has proposed slashing NASA’s budget.
As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people around the world can pinpoint Orion during its journey using the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW).
Artemis II will test NASA’s crew capabilities in deep space and gather more information that could ultimately help send astronauts to Mars.
NASA's chief flight director, Emily Nelson, is an Austin ISD and UT graduate. She leads the team overseeing human space flight during the Artemis II mission.
The Artemis II astronauts are more than halfway to the moon. They are the first moonbound crew in more than half a century, picking up where NASA's Apollo program left off.