Artemis II’s moon-traveling astronauts return home to cheers
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The Artemis II crew will travel farther than any human before. Here's everything you need to know about the historic moment.
Artemis 2 is the first mission to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since Apollo 17 did so way back in 1972. The current flight launched on April 1, sending NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency 's Jeremy Hansen aloft on board an Orion capsule that the astronauts named "Integrity."
From tip to tail, the Artemis II mission relies on about two-dozen systems and pieces of equipment that were manufactured at Frontier Electronic Systems (FES), one of several NASA suppliers in Oklahoma contributing parts for the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion capsule.
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