NASA to reveal Artemis II crew for moon flyby mission with Sen. Ted Cruz as speaker.

NASA's Artemis 2 mission, set to launch in November 2024, will send a crew of four on a test flight that will take them once around the moon and back. The mission will test a wide range of new technologies, systems, and procedures, including Orion's human-centric systems such as life support, communications, and flight controls. Artemis 2 will not orbit or land on the moon because many of the hardware and software systems, maneuvers, and procedures involved with NASA's planned future moon missions have not been tested before. The mission will generate the data needed for NASA and its international partners to put human boots back on the moon just a year or so later, if all goes to plan.