The Artemis II ship is the first crewed ship to go to the moon in 50 years; the ship is being crewed by Reid
Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. These astronauts have been training day in and day out to travel the furthest distance from Earth than anyone in history. This trip to the moon is to test how the spacecraft will do with a crew. The spacecraft was launched on April 1, 2026, in Florida, at the Kennedy Space Center, and they are more than half way done with the trip already. They did lose contact with the astronauts for about 48 minutes when they were passing by the moon, due to the moon blocking the radio signals that allow communication between Earth and the spacecraft. While passing the moon the crew saw two crates on the moon that they decided to name. One crater was named in honor of their spacecraft Integrity, and the other crater was named Carroll in honor of Reid Wiseman’s late wife. The crew and the spacecraft are expected to land in the ocean off the coast of San Diego at around 8:07 p.m EDT on April 10. After they land, they will be retrieved from the water via helicopter and be brought aboard the USS John P. Murtha; they will then go through post flight medical evaluations.
