Overview

• NASA's Artemis II mission, aiming for a September 2025 launch, will mark humanity's return to the Moon after more than half a century.
• The crew, consisting of three Americans and one Canadian, has been training with the US Navy for their splashdown return.
• The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, emphasized the surreal nature of their training, likening it to living in a movie.
• Artemis II's objectives include flying around the Moon and preparing for future missions that aim to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface.
• Christina Koch and Victor Glover, part of the Artemis II crew, are set to become the first woman and the first Black astronaut to travel around the Moon, respectively.