What we know about NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission
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Key Points:
- NASA’s Artemis II lunar flyby mission launch has been delayed to no earlier than April due to a fueling system issue discovered after a wet dress rehearsal test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
- The Artemis program aims to return humans to the moon to establish a sustainable presence, focusing on the lunar south pole for water ice resources, and to prepare for future crewed Mars missions.
- Artemis II will be the first crewed U.S. lunar mission in over 50 years, with four astronauts orbiting 600,000 miles around the moon for 10 days to test life support systems, but without landing on the lunar surface.
- The Artemis II crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch—
