NASA is preparing the launch of the Artemis II mission to send a four-person crew on a historic lunar flyby this week.Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will test the Orion spacecraft systems in deep space.The mission uses the Space Launch System rocket to reach a distance from Earth greater than any previous human flight.This effort serves as a vital step for the
USA to establish a permanent base at the lunar south pole before
China.