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Artemis II's Long Countdown: A Space Historian Explains Why It Has Taken over 50 Years to Return to the Moon

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While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: "Why has it taken so long to return to the moon?"

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More than half a century after the last human journey to the Moon, NASA's Artemis II mission marks the return to the orbit of the natural satellite, with a launch scheduled this Wednesday from Florida.

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Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon

NASA’s Artemis II mission took decades of policymaking, engineering and financial support.

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KHQ Right Now broke the news in Spokane, United States on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
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