Artemis II and Project Hail Mary Are Delivering the Moon Joy We Need

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Loren Grush writes: NASA’s Artemis II mission sent a crew of four astronauts around the moon and back on a record-breaking journey this month, in a flight that has been “just a few years away” in some capacity since I started reporting. Once it finally arrived, I couldn’t help but be mesmerized by the astronauts on board, watching their very real emotions as they made history on the far side of the moon.