Countdown: America is going back to the Moon and SpaceX holds the key to what comes after

Countdown: America is going back to the Moon and SpaceX holds the key to what comes after

For the first time since Apollo 17 touched down on the lunar surface in December 1972, the United States is sending humans back toward the Moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission is set to launch as early as this week from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. It will not land anyone on the surface this time, but it is the first crewed flight in over half a century to travel beyo…