NASA positions Artemis II and the broader Artemis program as a step toward long-term lunar exploration that builds capabilities for eventual crewed missions to Mars, using SLS and Orion as the near-term proving ground.
testing the technologies we'll need for long-term lunar exploration and human missions
Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions
to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars
We launched Artemis II yesterday. Now what?
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