New Delhi, March 31 -- "To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well" - Isaac Asimov, Foundation

More than five decades have gone by since the last Apollo mission successfully "ended the beginning of lunar exploration". A similar moon-bound mission has now been resurrected by the United States and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It's called Artemis II, and astronauts have famously called it "The 'Twin Sister of Apollo".

NASA's Artemis II mission is a follow-up to Artemis I, which was launched in 2022. They both are part of the Artemis series - the US's new lunar landing programme. The difference between Artemis I and Artemis II is that the latter will carry humans around the moon.

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