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2026 crewed flyby of the Moon
Artemis II was a crewed flyby of the Moon and first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program. It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since Apollo 17 in 1972 and the only crewed flight beyond LEO not part of the Apollo program. It was the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) and of the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity by the four-person crew.
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It survived the vibrations of a rocket launch, was exposed to cosmic radiation for more than three weeks, held up to the stress of four times the force of gravity and made it home after a record-setting journey. It was done in by something more terrestrial.
As early as Wednesday, Artemis II will make history, taking astronauts back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
the Planetary Science Institute’s GIMLI proposal will study the moon’s volcanic past