Spotlight - Thomas Pesquet on space exploration: 'We’re all on the same boat, we have to take care of the ship'
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“Artemis II is essential stepping stones: testing systems, expanding operational boundaries, and preparing us for more ambitious goals such as lunar habitation and, eventually, human missions to Mars.”
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The Artemis program's Wikipedia entry explicitly states its goal to 'return humans to the lunar surface' and 'prepare for future human missions to Mars' through incremental steps like Artemis II. This directly corroborates the claim's assertion about Artemis II's role as a stepping stone.
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— Dr. Artemis Fowl II is the eponymous character of the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. Colfer has said that he based Artemis on his younger brother Donal, who as a child was "a mischievous mastermi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_II
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— Artemis II is a crewed lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is intended to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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— The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“From orbit, you see Earth as finite, fragile, and shared. This shift in perspective, what we call the 'overview effect', reinforces the responsibility we have toward our planet and each other.”
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