Following the complete success of the Artemis 2 lunar test flight, NASA has been quick to declare that it was just a first step toward a lunar landing far more ambitious than that of Apollo 11 in 1969: “This time we’re coming back to stay,” was the motto at mission control in Houston, as soon as the four astronauts, who broke records and changed the tough-guy image of space cowboys, splashed down safely. This Monday, Jared Isaacman, the head of the U.S. space agency, announced that preparations for the 2027 launch of the Artemis 3 mission have already begun at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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