NASA plans to send manned Moon mission by February 2026 | Space News

The crew of Artemis II will not land on the moon but will lay the groundwork for the first crewed missions to Mars.

NASA may be headed back to the moon months sooner than originally planned, with the agency announcing that the first crewed flight in its Artemis programme could make the trip around the moon and back as early as February.

The space agency’s Artemis programme is the flagship effort by the United…