Launching Soon: Artemis II

NASA's Curious Universe

Katie Konans

Science

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

This year, four NASA astronauts are flying around the Moon and back—and Curious Universe is bringing you along for the ride. The mission is called Artemis II. It’s a key test flight that will set the stage for future missions to land on the lunar South Pole for the first time and set up a long-term presence there. In this limited series, get to know your Artemis II astronaut crew, go behind the scenes at NASA facilities across the country and discover the teamwork, passion and problem-solving fueling humanity’s return to the Moon—and beyond. For Artemis II news and the latest launch information, visit nasa.gov/artemis-ii

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0:00.0	Transmission is coming to you approximately halfway between the moon and the earth.
0:10.0	That's a beautiful, beautiful view.
0:13.0	I was just a kid in grade school at the end of the Apollo program,
0:18.0	and I remember watching those moon landings with my classmates.
0:23.6	Tranquility base here. The eagle has landed.
0:26.7	Roger Twink. Tranquility, we copy on the ground.
0:30.5	And being so intrigued, so curious, so inspired.
0:34.9	That's one small step for man.
0:39.0	One giant leap for manned.
0:42.6	Apollo made the world stop and look.
0:47.4	And as we leave the moon and towards little,
0:52.0	we leave as we came,
0:54.6	and God willing, as we shall return.
0:58.8	With peace and in hope, for all mankind.
1:04.8	And I think that Artemis will do the same thing.
1:08.0	The world will stop and look up in wonder, in intrigue, and will feel
1:15.6	a sense of accomplishment.
1:17.6	And here we go.
1:20.6	PIDGEN.
1:21.6	Pushing ourselves to explore is just core to who we are. That's a part of being a human. Four stage engine start.
1:28.8	We want to know what's out there just beyond the horizon.
1:31.4	And so the Artemis program is our opportunity.
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