Image Credit: Getty Images NASA is preparing to make history with the Artemis II mission, as astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen get ready for a journey around the Moon. The flight marks the first time humans will travel beyond low Earth orbit since NASA's Apollo missions ended in 1972, signaling a major step in the agency's long-awaited return to deep space exploration. Part of NASA's broader Artemis program, the mission is designed to pave the way for future lunar landings and eventually human missions to Mars.