{"id":44046,"date":"2026-04-02T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/nieuws\/nasas-artemis-ii-begins-easter-week-mission-around-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:30:00","slug":"nasas-artemis-ii-begins-easter-week-mission-around-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorecatholic.nl\/en\/nieuws\/nasas-artemis-ii-begins-easter-week-mission-around-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Artemis II begins Easter week mission around the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than half a century after humans last traveled beyond Earth\u2019s orbit, a new National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project for lunar exploration has begun, marking a historic day in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feeling is really palpable that now America is on its way back to the moon after more than five decades of waiting and planning,\u201d Jonathan Lunine, chief scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and the founding vice president of <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicscientists.org\/\">the Society of Catholic Scientists<\/a>, said in an interview with \u201cEWTN News Nightly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 1 at 6:35 p.m. ET, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\">Artemis II<\/a> rocket lifted off from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with four astronauts on board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s very excited at JPL, at NASA headquarters,\u201d Lunine said. \u201cArtemis II is a 10-day mission which will send four astronauts around the moon, and they will go as far, or farther, than any humans have, even during the Apollo program, and then return to the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j-a6WQ7BSr8\" title=\"Embedded content\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The mission is the first time astronauts have flown aboard NASA\u2019s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which has key systems designed to support future missions to the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The mission is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/artemis\/\">NASA\u2019s Artemis program<\/a>, which \u201cwill send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars,\u201d according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States has not been back to the moon, and no country has been to the moon, since 1972. So this is really developing completely new hardware with the technologies that we have today to build a lunar program for the United States that\u2019s going to be long-lasting,\u201d Lunine said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>From left, Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), place their Artemis II mission insignia on the outside door the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, March 30, 2026. It\u2019s a tradition for any crewed mission to place their insignias on the door leaving where they have quarantined and suited up ahead of launch. | Credit: NASA\/Kim Shiflett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Apollo 8 and Artemis II are 2 different journeys around the moon<\/h2>\n<p>Many space enthusiasts have wondered if Artemis II is just a rerun of Apollo 8, but Lunine clarified \u201cthis is not like Apollo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NASA administrator made it clear, and the president has made it clear as well, that this is the start of the United States staying on the moon and having a presence there in the long term,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that means that the technologies that are required \u2026 for being able to bring astronauts and significant amounts of cargo to the moon, need to be developed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the difference in the missions, Apollo 8 and Artemis II undoubtedly have similarities as both were developed primarily for testing purposes to help NASA refine the systems needed for future lunar landings. <\/p>\n<p>In 1968, Apollo 8\u2019s success paved the way for Apollo 11, which landed astronauts on the moon just seven months later. Similarly, Artemis II is expected to set the stage for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-iii\/\">Artemis III,<\/a> which is intended to test docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is to test out all of the systems necessary for bringing astronauts to the moon in a lunar landing, hopefully in a couple of years,\u201d Lunine said.<\/p>\n<p>An unexpected \u2014 and unplanned \u2014 similarity between the missions is that both will have had astronauts in space for significant Christian holidays. Apollo 8 traveled Dec. 21\u201327, 1968, and was in space on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>On Christmas Eve, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=stronauts+recited+from+the+Book+of+Genesis&#038;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1200US1200&#038;oq=stronauts+recited+from+the+Book+of+Genesis&#038;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQIRgKGKABMgkIAhAhGAoYoAEyCQgDECEYChigATIJCAQQIRgKGKABMgkIBRAhGAoYoAEyBwgGECEYqwIyBwgHECEYqwLSAQc5NzNqMGo3qAIAsAIA&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&#038;vld=cid:22b681c3,vid:AEEpHmC1jzo,st:0\">the astronauts recited from the Book of Genesis<\/a> in what was the most-watched broadcast in history at the time. Following the launch of Artemis II, the astronauts and rocket will be in space during Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The missions share similar crew sizes, as Apollo 8 carried three astronauts, and Artemis II is carrying four. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/our-artemis-crew\/\">Artemis crew<\/a> is made up of commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.<\/p>\n<p>Wiseman, Glover, and Koch have all been astronauts with NASA for more than a decade, and Hansen became the first Canadian to be entrusted with leading a NASA astronaut class \u2014 training astronaut candidates from the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<h2>A mission for \u2018humanity\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>During a March 29 press conference, 49-year-old Glover brought attention to the importance of the mission being for all human beings, calling it a \u201cstory of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koch is the first female astronaut to travel to the moon and Glover is the first Black astronaut to do so. Hansen is also set to make history as the first Canadian to travel on a lunar mission. Despite the many firsts, Glover said he hopes the mission is more representative of \u201chuman history\u201d as a whole rather than specific demographics.<\/p>\n<p>Glover said it\u2019s \u201cgreat\u201d that \u201cyoung brown boys and girls can look at me and go, \u2018Hey, he looks like me, and he\u2019s doing what?\u2019 I love that, but I also hope we are pushing the other direction, that one day we don\u2019t have to talk about these firsts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about human history. It\u2019s the story of humanity, not Black history, not women\u2019s history, but that it becomes human history,\u201d Glover said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Wpl7aM2jKz0?si=viubuHBhxfHkSAyk\">In a CBS broadcast<\/a>, former astronaut and Catholic Mike Hopkins, who spoke at the National Eucharistic Congress, said to the Artemis crew: \u201cGodspeed to Reid and Victor and Christina and Jeremy. 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