Playing "Peekaboo" with The Moon

BOOM! We're going back to the moon!

Artemis II: Astronauts Heading Back To Moon Good news: people are going back to lunar orbit. Artemis II is planned to fly humans around the Moon early in 2026 — possibly as soon as February. This will be the first time astronauts travel beyond low-Earth orbit in more than five decades. The mission will use NASA’s Orion spacecraft. It won’t land. Instead, Orion will take a wide, sweeping path around the Moon. That trajectory suits Orion’s design …

Playing "Peekaboo" with The Moon

Playing "Peekaboo" with The Moon | International Space StationExpedition 73 flight engineer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui shared this short video clip of the Moon on December 6, 2025.The Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission around t…