Artemis 1 will provide NASA with the data it needs to verify that humans can go to the Moon safely onboard the Orion spaceship. It will also allow NASA to test whether the vehicle’s thermal shield can effectively protect the humans on board when it re-enters our atmosphere and crashes down into the Pacific Ocean. If everything checks out, NASA may begin preparing for Artemis 2, Orion’s first crewed mission, which would carry people on a lunar flyby.
