Artemis II: Inside NASA’s New Ride to the Moon

NASA's Curious Universe by Katie Konans

Jan 27, 202634:57Science & Medicine

During Artemis II, humans will fly Orion—NASA’s next-generation spaceship designed to take us to the Moon and beyond—for the first time. Tour Orion with Branelle Rodriguez, the vehicle manager for Artemis II, to hear abo...

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