HOUSTON, Texas — Nearly three years after unmanned Artemis I ascended, NASA told us Artemis II is back on track after several delays.

"The agency has made a commitment to launch no later than April of '26 and we intend to keep that commitment," said Lakiesha Hawkins, NASA Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, during a news conference on Tuesday.

Artemis II is the program's first crewed mission during which four astronauts will fly around the Moon in an Orion capsule to primarily confirm systems and hardware necessary for human deep space travel.

We got a look inside the Orion Mission Simulator and a capsule mockup.

A backup crew was actively training in it during our tour.

And while it may seem incredibly cramped, Orion has 30% more space than Apollo capsules from the last time manki

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