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Artemis II Mission

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Artemis II Mission

Bill Harwood discussed the Artemis II mission, which aims to test the Orion capsule and Space Launch System rocket. The mission will fly around the moon and return, similar to Apollo 8 in 1968. NASA plans to increase moon landings to two per year and build a base near the South Pole, leveraging potential ice for resources. The mission is a race with China, aiming for a 2028 lunar landing. The crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Weisman, Victor Glover, Christina Cook, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson. The mission will break the record for the farthest distance from the moon, surpassing Apollo 13 by about 4,000 miles.

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