By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.

Although it has been nearly a week since the four Artemis II astronauts completed their NASA mission around the moon, the crew said they have not yet fully processed the journey.

NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, has been a feast for the eyes. See the stunning images from the mission.

Unlike lunar missions from the Apollo era of more than 50 years ago, Artemis II astronauts benefited from instantly being able to review the digital photos they took, a far cry fr

The two instructors who trained the Artemis II crew to take out-of-this-world photos during the NASA lunar flyby mission said they were impressed by the photography from the four astronauts. NASA photography and video subject matter experts Paul Reichert and Katrina Willoughby spoke to Reuters on Tuesday (April 14) about the crew's photography training.

Artemis II crew splashdown was April 10, 2026, after an April 1 launch from Florida. See the most stunning photos taken during historic NASA mission.