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For those who didn't read the article. This is Artemis II. It's a 10โ€day flight around the moon (no landing). Flight is currently slated for Sept 2025. Flight date is contingent on an investigation into a failure of the Artemis I mission's heat shield.

Additional interesting tidbits that I know about the Artemis project as a whole. Artemis III, the first manned flight to the lunar surface, has serious outstanding logistical issues that need to be addressed before flight can even be considered. This was brought to the public's (and maybe NASA's) attention by Destin Sandlin, creator of the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day

Artemis will also create a manned space station around the moon, and is the platform that will be used to establish a permanent base on the lunar surface.