For the first time in over 50 years, humans are on their way to the Moon

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://spaceexplored.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/DSCF0294_websize.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">At 6:32 PM ET Wednesday afternoon, NASA launched its Artemis 2 mission from Kennedy Space Center. This mission is the first crewed mission of the Artemis Program, an initiative to return humans to the surface of the Moon.</p>