.In this picture from Oct. 3, 2024, NASA's mobile launcher 1 creates its back to the Car Assembly Structure at NASA's Kennedy Area Facility in Florida, after undergoing upgrades as well as exams to prepare for the firm's Artemis II purpose.Artemis II is actually the very first crewed goal on NASA's pathway to setting up a long-term existence at the Moon for science and also exploration with Artemis. Artemis II will send four astronauts around the Moon, screening NASA's foundational human deeper space exploration capacities, the SLS spacecraft, and also Orion space probe.Image credit history: NASA/Jamie Peer.