NASA's Artemis astronauts enter final preparations for Moon mission

A new 3-step plan will guide the agency’s effort to establish a sustained base on the lunar surface

This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath

Before NASA sends its astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on their Artemis II