NASA says space mission on track for Wednesday launch, aiming to carry a crew to the moon for first time in 5 decades

The Artemis II launched from Florida, sending a crew of four astronauts on a mission around the moon, but before this could happen the Apollo 17 crew landed on the moon 50 years ago.

The countdown has begun, for the first time in more than 50 years, NASA is launching a lunar mission in preparation for humans landing on the moon once again. The Artemis II is scheduled to launch Wednesday,

The Artemis II cannot land on the moon due to the spacecraft having no landing capabilities, according to Space.com. That goal is being saved for the eventual Artemis 4 mission. The specific objective of the Artemis II mission is to check out Orion’s systems and learn how to live and work on another world in preparation for human missions to Mars.

CINCINNATI — For members of the Cincinnati Astronomical Society, the launch of Artemis II marks not just the latest development on the front of space exploration, but history in the making.

NASA’s shift from Apollo to Artemis signals a new era of moon exploration centered on inclusion, sustainability and a long-term human presence beyond Earth.

This story was written by John Goolsby, sports editor of the Trussville Tribune. TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (TRIBUNE) — NASA aims to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50

Like Apollo 8 in 1968, NASA's Artemis 2 mission from Florida will send a crew of astronauts around the moon and back without landing.