NASA rolls out Artemis II craft ahead of crewed lunar orbit

January 17, 2026

NASA rolls out Artemis II craft ahead of crewed lunar orbit

Artemis II will send a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the moon as the United States prepares to send American astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than five decades.

Mission Artemis plans to send Americans to the moon for the first time since the Nixon administration.

(Image credit: Derek Demeter)

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