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The Artemis II astronauts are the first humans to see and photograph the far-side of the moon with the unaided eye.
Artemis II is underway, carrying four astronauts around the moon on a 10-day mission to test systems for later lunar flights and an eventual moon base.
NASA's Apollo 8 mission was the first to orbit the moon. No US spacecraft has returned to the moon since 1972, but that's all about to change.
NASA's first set of images captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby are here, and they're stunning.
Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we haven’t been back since. NASA has just flew a quartet of astronauts
Artemis II, NASA's first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, launched Wednesday, April 1. It represents a shift from short visits toward sustained exploration, where understanding lunar geology and resources becomes as important as the engineering that gets astronauts there.
The Artemis II journey around the moon is coming to an end, here's how to watch the astronauts' reentry and splashdown this Friday. See the photos taken by the crew during their historic trip to the far side of the moon.