Artemis 2 won't land on or orbit the moon. But it will be the first crewed mission to reach the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17 in December 1972. And it will pave the way for Artemis 3, which will put astronauts down near the moon's south pole in 2027, if all goes according to plan.

NASA's Artemis II mission, slated for launch on February 5, 2026, will send astronauts around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft, now named \"Integrity.\"

A tree that took a trip around the moon and is now rooted in the Heartland will be officially named at an event on Thursday.

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NASA will launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission around the Moon in over 50 years, on February 5, 2026. The milestone flight clears the path for Artemis III, planned for 2027, which will attempt the first human landing at the Moon’s South Pole,

NASA officials say the first crew under its Artemis program will fly around the moon no later than April of 2026, and possibly as early as February. That would be followed by a landing near the lunar south pole by astronauts later.

Of the many roads leading to successful Artemis missions, one is paved with high-tech computing chips called superchips. Along the way, a partnership between NASA wind tunnel engineers, data visualization scientists,