NASA’s latest update about the Artemis II moon mission shows a breathtaking view of Earth as the Orion capsule with four astronauts on board orbits tens of thousands of miles above, USA Today reported.
Hitching a ride beyond Earth’s atmosphere atop NASA’s powerful Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the three Americans and one Canadian selected for the mission are preparing to begin heading toward the moon. The second under the space agency’s multibillion-dollar Artemis campaign, the mission is the first in more than 50 years to send humans anywhere near the moon.
The main objective? Set the stage for a moon landing as early as 2028 as NASA looks to build a permanent lunar base ahead of the first crewed Mars-bound missions.
Along the way, the crew members – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen – will make history by traveling farther from Earth than any humans ever before. The mission will make Glover the first Black man to venture within the vicinity of the moon, while Koch will become the first woman and Hansen the first Canadian to do so.
