Launching Soon: Artemis II

About this episode

This episode discusses the Artemis II mission, which involves NASA astronauts flying around the Moon and preparing for future lunar exploration.

This year, four NASA astronauts are flying around the Moon and back—and Curious Universe is bringing you along for the ride. The mission is called Artemis II. It’s a key test flight that will set the stage for future missions to land on the lunar South Pole for the first time and set up a long-term presence there. In this limited series, get to know your Artemis II astronaut crew, go behind the scenes at NASA facilities across the country and discover the teamwork, passion and problem-solving fueling humanity’s return to the Moon—and beyond. For Artemis II news and the latest launch information, visit nasa.gov/artemis-ii

Topics covered

• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon missions
• space exploration
• astronauts
• teamwork
• problem-solving

Keywords

• Artemis II
• NASA
• Moon
• astronauts
• space exploration
• lunar South Pole
• test flight

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Places: lunar South Pole

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