The Artemis 2 mission will be NASA’s most ambitious human spaceflight endeavor since the Apollo 17 Moon landing. Preparations for this feat have reflected its arduousness, with multiple delays pushing the launch back several years.

Now, Artemis 2 may lift off sooner than expected. During a press briefing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday, officials said the 10-day-long crewed flight around the Moon could launch as early as February 5 and no later than April.

”The administration has asked us to acknowledge that we are, indeed, in what is commonly called a second space race,” said Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, according to Ars Technica . “There is a desire for us to be the first to

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