Humanity is headed back to our closest neighbor in space, and beyond. In 2026, for the first time in the 21st century, a crewed mission to the Moon is finally happening. The Artemis II mission, part of NASA’s Artemis program, has been aiming to put human beings back on the Moon, with the long-term intention of establishing a lunar base. The crew of Artemis II won’t be landing on the Moon, but they will be completing several orbits in an Orion spacecraft, NASA’s modern-day equivalent of the Saturn V.
With Moon fever sweeping the world for the first time in half a century, you may have a lot of questions. What is the purpose of Artemis? Who is going to the Moon? And what does this all mean for the future of human space exploration in our time?
