The crew of Artemis II will embark on the first human spaceflight mission to the moon since the Apollo era, more than 50 years ago. Last November, NASA launched the Artemis I mission, a test of the massive Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion capsule. That set up Artemis II, the first of NASA's new missions to the moon with astronauts aboard. It will not launch until at least November 2024. Riding in an Orion capsule, the astronauts will travel on an elliptical orbit that loops as far out as 1,800 miles above Earth, giving the astronauts time to see how Orion's systems work. It will then travel toward the moon, using its gravity to sling back to Earth for a Pacific Ocean splashdown.

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