How to watch NASA’s Artemis II launch live NASA is sending astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years to test technologies needed for long-term lunar exploration and human missions to Mars. FILE – In this photo provided by NASA, Artemis II crew members, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, stand together at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, in front of an Orion crew module on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. is sending astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years to test technologies needed for long-term lunar exploration andaround the moon and back on the spacecraft Integrity will go farther than any humans have traveled before in space. The mission includes four astronauts — three from NASA and one from the Canadian Space Agency:– NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot– Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist Glover is the first person of color to travel into deep space and Koch is the first woman to do so as well.How to watch the ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse in the Bay AreaNewsom issues 'final warning' to cities over housing law violations — only one is in the Bay AreaAsking Eric: Since I found the pictures of my wife, a new worry is gnawing at meDear Abby: The bride admitted to me that the wedding was a shamMiss Manners: They won't even set a menu until the guests arrive