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NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, marking a critical test flight before the agency attempts a lunar landing. The mission represents NASA's next major step in its Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon and establish a sustainable presence there. Artemis 2 will carry a crew of astronauts in a spacecraft around the lunar surface, allowing NASA to validate life support systems, navigation, and other critical systems in the actual environment where they will be used. The mission is essential for demonstrating that the hardware and procedures are safe and reliable before committing to a landing attempt. This uncrewed test of lunar operations brings NASA closer to its broader goal of using the moon as a stepping stone for eventual human missions to Mars.
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