India, April 2 -- NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years and it will carry four astronauts, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day flight around the Moon before returning to Earth. The mission is designed to test critical systems needed for future deep space travel and pave the way for upcoming lunar landings.

It is part of a much larger program that has already cost tens of billions of dollars with most funding coming from the United States government and additional support from international partners and private companies.

While there is no exact public price for Artemis 2 alone, estimates from government audits suggest that each Artemis launch costs...