NASA, Artemis and Journey to the Moon
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The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.
The Artemis II mission will set several notable human spaceflight records. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will travel farther from Earth than any human in history. They won’t land. That distinction will fall to the next mission in line in NASA’s Artemis program.