In the past, Artemis II was the first crewed mission of the Artemis program by NASA where the astronauts were sent around the Moon. It was a ten day flyby test mission and was designed to test deep-space life support, navigation systems, communications, Orion spacecraft performance, and crew operations in lunar space. The Artemis II crew also consisted of four astronauts, including two mission specialists, a pilot, and a commander. According to NASA says SLS is the only rocket currently capable of sending Orion and astronauts directly toward the Moon in a single launch.
