NASA’s Artemis-II Mission: Moon Race 2.0 Begins
NASA launched the Artemis-II crewed mission on April 1, 2026, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon. The mission marks a significant step towards establishing a permanent lunar space station and potential future missions to Mars.
NASA launched the Artemis-II crewed mission on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The Orion spacecraft, carried by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, took four astronauts, including one from the Canadian Space Agency, on a 10-day mission around the Moon. This mission is a precursor to a moon landing in 2028 and the establishment of a permanent lunar space station. The Artemis program is an international collaborative effort involving multiple countries, including India, with the European Space Agency playing a key role. The mission marks the first time humans have traveled beyond low-earth orbit since the Apollo 17 moon landing in 1972. A new Artemis-III mission has been added for 2027, which will dock with a lunar landing spacecraft in low-earth orbit.
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