Artemis II.
NASA's first crewed mission aboard the Orion spacecraft using the Space Launch System
‘It Is Time To Fly’: NASA’s First Manned Moon Mission In 50 Years Hurtles Towards Destiny
With four RS-25 engines and two solid rocket boosters generating 8.8 million pounds of thrust, the four Artemis II mission astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft fixed their gaze towards the heavens Wednesday evening…
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About Artemis II
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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