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Did Artemis II land on the Moon?

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Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the...
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The Artemis II mission, which launched on April 1, 2026, did not land on the Moon. It flew four astronauts around the Moon and returned to Earth on April 10. The next mission in the Artemis program, Artemis III, will test the lunar lander in Earth orbit in 2027. Artemis IV is scheduled to land astronauts on the Moon near the south pole in 2027 and will mark the return of astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.

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