The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.

The Artemis II crew launched from Kennedy Space Center aboard Orion, embarking on NASA's first crewed moon mission since the Apollo era of the 1970s.

Astronauts from the International Space Station stopped in Huntsville Wednesday to talk with folks they communicated with over five months in space. Why it matters: ISS astronauts work in close concert with folks on the ground at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville as they conduct scientific experiments in orbit.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts — three space station veterans and a Canadian rookie — stand out even in an astronaut corps full of super achievers.

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman and Canadian Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen both trained and lived underwater as aquanauts at Aquarius, Wiseman in 2016 and Hansen in 2014. Now both men are about to orbit the moon along with NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch.

In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back. No circling around the moon,