Artemis II Takes the Small Step, But Who Will Make the Giant Leap?

by Thomas F. Walker

Credit: NASA/John Kraus.

Human beings are finally visiting the Moon for the first time since 1972, flying past the far side further than any human has gone before. NASA intends the Artemis II mission as the first step toward a permanent human lunar presence. In the fifty-four years since Apollo 17, humans have only left the relative safety of “low Earth …