America's long-awaited return to the moon with the Artemis II launch on Wednesday is just a first step towards transforming Earth's neighbor into a gateway for deep space exploration, a key lawmaker has revealed.

Laurie Leshin, professor with ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration, spoke about how the Artemis II launch brings NASA one step closer to sending people to the moon again.

As NASA prepares for its next mission to the moon, one Atlanta university is drawing attention for its growing role in space exploration.

Modern space exploration is driven as much by processors as it is by rockets. And it remains the ultimate test of our collective ingenuity.

The Artemis II launch “marks a new phase in space exploration and the search for transformative technologies,” said Matthew Bartolini, managing director at State Street Investment Management.

Launch is a success!

The space agency is targeting Wednesday, April 1, to launch a crew of four astronauts on a potentially record-breaking journey around the moon and back The U.S. space agency’s Skyfall project calls for sending robotic helicopters to Mars on a nuclear-powered spacecraft before the end of Donald Trump’s presidency

Artemis II will test NASA’s crew capabilities in deep space and gather more information that could ultimately help send astronauts to Mars.

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the know-how and technology to send humans to the lunar surface more than 50 years ago as part of the Apollo program.

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