Countdown to Artemis: is NASA’s Moon mission the dawn of a new space age?

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A NASA satellite’s camera captured the far side of the Moon as it passed in front of Earth.Credit: NASA/NOAA

Curiosity draws us to the cosmos, and as a planetary scientist, I am excited about the upcoming Artemis II mission. With its crewed trip around the Moon, humanity is poised to leave Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.

It might also be the point at which humanity decides to commit to becoming a space-faring civilization — and to the decades of hard work that this will require.

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