Artemis 1 was un-crewed. But Artemis 2 will have a crew, now that they're confident that they have a deep space transportation system that works.
Four astronauts will fly to and around the moon, staying about ~5500 miles above its surface. New spacesuits are being designed to protect them from higher radiation than they experience here in low earth orbit. The same rocket (SLS) and the same craft (Orion) will be used.
After all the data from Artemis 2 is analyzed, NASA will be ready for Artemis 3 - the mission that will actually land astronauts on the moon's surface. SpaceX's Starship will perform that historic landing.
If everything goes well, Artemis 2 will launch sometime in 2024 and Artemis 3 may launch sometime in 2025.
Here is the splashdown of the Artemis 1 mission on Sunday:
from Space
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