Summary
NASA's Artemis II mission is conducting a lunar flyby with four astronauts to set a new distance record from Earth. This event marks NASA's return to lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo missions.
Key Facts
- Artemis II includes three American astronauts and one Canadian astronaut.
- The mission involves a six-hour flyby of the moon.
- NASA aims to capture views of the moon's far side, which have never been seen before in person.
- The flyby is part of efforts to land near the moon's south pole in two years.
- The astronauts will surpass the previous human distance record set in 1970 by Apollo 13.
- NASA provides live coverage of this historic mission.
