You're listening to NASA's Curious Universe. I'm Jacob Pinter.

And I'm Patty Boyd. NASA is leading a golden age of space exploration. The Artemis II

mission will send humans around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

It sets the stage for future Artemis missions when astronauts return to the moon's surface.

And Artemis will build upon the foundation we've laid and prepare us for the first human

journey to Mars.

In this limited series, you're along for the ride of Artemis II. You'll meet the astronauts flying around the moon

and go behind the scenes with NASA engineers and scientists powering this mission.

This is episode three of our Artemis II series.

In this episode, NASA's new ride to the moon.

We'll get a tour of the spaceship returning astronauts to deep space,

and we'll hear from one of the architects of the space launch system,

the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built.

NASA's next-generation spaceship is called Orion.

It's part of NASA's system to send astronauts on journeys of exploration to the moon.

During the Artemis I mission in 2022,

Orion flew around the moon without humans on board.

Now, it's time to send astronauts.

The Orion spacecraft is humanity's first lunar capable spacecraft in a very long time.

That's Victor Glover, the pilot for Artemis II. Along with Reed Wiseman, Christina Cook,

and Jeremy Hanson, Victor is part of the crew that will fly Orion for the first time.

Here's Christina.

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