New Delhi, March 13 -- NASA is preparing for a major milestone in human space exploration with the upcoming launch of the Artemis II mission. The mission will send four astronauts on a journey around the Moon, marking humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years since the era of Apollo program. The launch is currently targeted for as early as April 1 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The mission will use NASA's powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a 322-foot (98-meter) launch vehicle designed to carry astronauts beyond Earth orbit. The rocket will launch the Orion spacecraft, which will carry the four astronauts on a lunar flyby mission.

Currently, both the rocket and spacecraft are undergoing final preparat...