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USA > NASA program > Artemis
UK / USA
(Artemis) aims to send people back to the moon
for the first time since the end of NASA’s Apollo
program
in 1972.
(...)
NASA hopes to launch its first Artemis mission next
year,
but that will be a crewless flight designed to test a giant rocket
called the Space Launch System and the Orion capsule
where the astronauts will
ride.
The first flight with astronauts is scheduled for 2023.
That flight is to swing past the moon but not land
— a 21st century equivalent of the 1968
Apollo 8
flight.
The mission after that, Artemis 3,
is the one that is to land on the moon,
likely somewhere near the South Pole,
which is of interest because frozen water
in shadowed craters has been found there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/
science/nasa-astronauts-moon.html
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/
artemis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Artemis_program
https://www.theguardian.com/science/
artemis-ii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Moon
https://www.google.com/maps/space/
moon/
2026
https://www.theguardian.com/science/
artemis-ii
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/10/
the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2026/apr/03/
artemis-ii-crew-makes-contact-from-space-
video
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/03/
artemis-ii-astronauts-rocket-towards-the-moon-
after-breaking-free-of-earths-orbit
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/
nasa-artemis-ii-moon-rocket-mission
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/
nasa-artemis-ii-orion-spaceship-toilet
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2026/apr/02/
nasa-rocket-launch-artemis-ii-space-moon-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/01/
nasa-rocket-moon-launch-artemis-ii
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/
nx-s1-5768254/nasa-astronauts-
about-to-launch-moon-artemis-ii
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/
nx-s1-5767087/space-moon-mission-launch-artemis
2024
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/06/
1249249941/nasa-bill-nelson-moon-artemis-china-starliner
2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/12/
1141863877/apollo-17-nasa-moon-landing
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/
1141946917/nasa-artemis-splashdown-moon-mission
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/
1138247211/orion-capsule-moon-orbit-test-nasa
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/20/
from-apollo-to-artemis-
50-years-on-is-it-time-to-go-back-to-the-moon
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/
science/nasa-capstone-moon-launch.html
2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/
science/nasa-astronauts-moon.html
Artemis >
Cubesat, robotic probe > CAPSTONE spacecraft >
The full name of
the mission is
the Cislunar
Autonomous Positioning System
Technology Operations and Navigation
Experiment.
It will act as a
scout for the lunar orbit
where a crewed
space station
will eventually be built as part of
Artemis.
That outpost,
named Gateway,
will serve as a
way station
where future
crews will stop
before
continuing on to the lunar surface.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/
science/nasa-capstone-moon-launch.html
USA > onboard the Orion spacecraft
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2026/apr/07/
nasa-artemis-ii-orion-moon-mission-day-five-in-pictures
322-foot-tall moon rocket
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
get this rocket off the ground
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
USA > lift off
UK / USA
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2026/apr/02/
nasa-rocket-launch-artemis-ii-space-moon-pictures
USA > glitch UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/
nasa-artemis-ii-orion-spaceship-toilet
be stymied by technical glitches
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
hydrogen leak
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
take to the skies
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
crew capsule >
white, bell-shaped capsule, called Orion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Orion_(spacecraft)
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/
1138247211/orion-capsule-moon-orbit-test-nasa
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
embark on a 25-day test flight
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
1.2-million-mile trip
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
USA > flyby UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/
artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission
USA > make lunar flyby
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2026/apr/07/
nasa-artemis-ii-orion-moon-mission-day-five-
in-pictures
development costs
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
USA > splash down
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2026/apr/11/
astronauts-back-on-earth-artemis-ii-crew-splashes-down-
after-record-breaking-moon-flyby-video
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/
artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission
USA > splash down into the Pacific
Ocean
off the coast of San Diego
UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/
artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission
splash down in the Pacific Ocean
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/
1137046007/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-launch-success
USA > splashdown UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2026/apr/11/
artemis-ii-splashdown-in-pictures
USA > touch down on Earth off the
coast of California UK
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/10/
artemis-ii-landing-return-moon-mission
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