Why Going Back to the Moon Powers Humanity Forward

More than half a century after the Apollo missions first brought astronauts to the Moon, NASA’s Artemis program is returning humanity to the lunar surface — this time aiming for the Moon’s uncharted south pole and a sustained presence beyond Earth. Artemis is not only a milestone mission, but also a foundational effort to expand the boundaries of human exploration, and it marks the transition from low-Earth orbit to deep space exploration, applying decades of lessons learned to develop sustainable systems for long-duration missions.