Launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a full moon on April Fool's Day, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to be humanity's first voyage toward the moon in over 50 years.
The second mission under NASA's multibillion-dollar moon program, it will send three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day journey around the moon and back.
The Artemis II crew is set to become the first humans in over 50 years — since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — to travel beyond low Earth orbit, loop around the moon, and see its far side, Aerotime said. While no landing is in store for the astronauts, the mission serves as a vital test flight to lay the groundwork for humans to make it back to the surface in as little as two years.
During the journey, the crew is set to experience forces that boggle the mind:
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