Why isn't Artemis II landing on the Moon?
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“The most powerful rocket ever built by Nasa is carrying the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. But it's not actually landing on the lunar surface.”
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Wikipedia confirms Artemis II is a crewed lunar flyby mission (no landing) launched in 2026, making it the first crewed mission since Apollo 17 (1972). The claim's assertion about no lunar landing is directly supported by the Artemis II Wikipedia entry.
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— Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
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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
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
“That's because the Artemis program is using this second mission, Artemis II, to prepare for a potential lunar landing by 2028 - as a stepping stone for even deeper space exploration.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states Artemis III, not Artemis II, is planned as the first crewed lunar landing mission (2028). The claim incorrectly attributes the 2028 landing preparation to Artemis II, which is a flyby mission.
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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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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— Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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— Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV
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