NASA is set to send humans around the Moon no earlier than Wednesday

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://spaceexplored.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/KSC-20260327-PH-KLS01_0284large.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">After waiting years, the time is finally here for another launch of NASA’s Space Launch System with <a href="https://spaceexplored.com/guides/artemis-ii/">Artemis 2</a>. This time the stakes are much higher as a crew of four will be riding on top and will circle the Moon, a first since Apollo 17 back in 1972.</p>