The Artemis II space mission realises NASA’s bid, since 1972, to put humans back on the moon. NASA’s Apollo 17 programme in December 1972 marked the last human footsteps on the Moon — more than 50 years ago. Commander Reid Weisman, pilot Victor Glober, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen were the astronaut crew chosen to chart this next path beyond Earth’s borders. The Artemis II mission aims to prove human spaceflight capabilities and pave the way for fu