Artemis II: NASA’s Daring 2026 Moon Mission – First Crewed Lunar Orbit in 50 Years
NASA plans to launch Artemis II in early 2026, sending four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon without landing. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will test the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft in deep space. Koch will be the first woman and Glover the first person of color to travel toward the Moon; Hansen will be the first non-American in lunar space.