The goal of the 10-day, 1.4-million-mile Artemis II voyage around the Moon and back is to demonstrate that all of the Orion spacecraft’s life support and other systems will function as designed with astronauts on board in deep space. The Artemis III mission, scheduled for 2026, will mark a major milestone for humanity, with the first black woman and man walking on the surface of the Moon.
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