April 1–10, 2026Reputable sourceWell documented
Artemis II carries a crew around the Moon
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What happened
Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen flew NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 10-day lunar flyby — the first humans to travel to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Their trajectory carried them farther from Earth than any crew in history before a Pacific splashdown on April 10.
Why it matters
Fifty-four years after the last Apollo mission, humans returned to the Moon's neighborhood — clearing the path for Artemis III's crewed landing.