Since launching last week, NASA’s Artemis II mission has taken its crew farther from Earth than anyone has previously traveled, circling around the moon’s far side. It is part of a series of missions that aims to return U.S. astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.
WSJ’s Micah Maidenberg breaks down the key Artemis II takeaways, lessons learned and what they mean for NASA’s moon landing schedule.
Chapters:
0:00 Artemis II lands
0:29 A “test mission”
0:58 The launch
1:34 Issues with the mission
2:40 Toilet problems and thermal control
3:43 The lunar flyby
4:33 What’s next?
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