Artemis II, humans around the Moon after 50 years
Reid WisemanVictor GloverChristina KochJeremy Hansen
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Launched on 1 April 2026, Artemis II was the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972. Four astronauts in the Orion capsule flew around the far side of the Moon and took from Apollo 13 the record for the farthest humans have travelled from Earth. The crew splashed down in the Pacific on 10 April. The Artemis programme aims to land near the Moon's south pole on later missions.
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The mission was the SLS rocket's first crewed flight and tested Orion's life-support systems and heat shield under crewed conditions; because the heat shield had shown unexpected erosion on Artemis I (2022), the re-entry profile was changed for Artemis II. The spacecraft passed about 6,545 km from the lunar surface. Christina Koch became the first woman, Victor Glover the first Black astronaut and Jeremy Hansen the first Canadian to travel to the Moon.
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Athena contributors. (2026). Artemis II, humans around the Moon after 50 years. Athena: The tree of human knowledge. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://latifkedi.github.io/athena/en/d/artemis-2/
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