Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled to launch from Florida within the coming weeks. Artemis II has its own branch of the experiment, during which the crew will collect saliva, blood, and urine samples. https://t.co/6v3kwFYoSS pic.twitter.com/9m7uxQZin3 — NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) January 26, 2026The crew of Artemis IIThe four-person Artemis II crew was announced on April 3, 2023, and will be the first crew to travel beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972. On Artemis II, she will become the first woman to travel beyond LEO and to the vicinity of the Moon. The Artemis II backup crew consists of NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons.