NASA is sending astronauts further into space than anyone's ever been before next month and the date has been announced

NASA is sending a team of astronauts further into space than ever before as part of its Artemis II mission, and it’s happening sooner than you might think.

It’s been half a century since astronauts have been to the Moon. 

But that’s set to change this year, with NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will see four astronauts heading out on a trip around the Moon and back, taking them further into space than anyone has ever been.

The Artemis II mission will help pave the way for NASA to land humans on the lunar surface again later this decade.

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NASA’s sending four astronauts around the Moon next month

NASA has been working away on the Artemis II mission for the past few years, carrying out vital tests and experiments, including a dramatic simulation ocean rescue to ensure all bases are covered. 

The 10-day trip, will see three NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, going around the Moon and back. 

The four-strong team of astronauts won’t land on the Moon, but they will be flying further into space than anyone has before, and will get a chance to see the far side of the Moon, that we can’t see from Earth.

“They’re going at least 5,000 nautical miles (around 5753 miles) past the Moon, which is much higher than previous missions have gone,” Artemis II flight director, Jeff Radigan said back in September. 

Now following a successful ‘wet dress rehersal’ earlier this month, NASA has said the team could be blasting off as soon as March 6. 

“Every night I look up at the Moon and I see it and I get real excited because I can feel she’s calling us and we’re ready,” NASA’s Lori Glaze said at a press conference on Friday. .

“The excitement for Artemis II is really, really starting to build, we can really start to feel it. It’s coming.”

The US space agency has also set up a special tracking system, so us folks back on Earth can track the team’s progress as they fly around the Moon – a bit like an extreme version of Flight Radar.

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NASA is planning to send humans to the Moon this decade

If all goes well with Artemis II, it’ll help usher in the next phase: Artemis III, which will see human set foot on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. 

NASA has contracted SpaceX to build the lander for Artemis III and is also working with Blue Origin. 

NASA has set an ambitious launch date of 2028.

Which is a little ahead of the Chinese space agency’s goal of 2030. 

Both countries are hoping to land at the south pole of the Moon, and whoever gets there first will be able to pick out the best spot for their lunar base, so the pressure is on.

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