Mission Highlight: Artemis 2 NASA is targeting no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 8, for the launch of the historic Artemis 2 mission. The ten-day journey will be the first time astronauts have visited the moon since 1972's Apollo 17.

NASA is just days away from its first chance to launch Artemis 2, the first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972, and will attempt a critical test for the lunar flight on Monday, Feb. 2.