In just over a week, four astronauts could launch toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.The crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen are set to fly on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a 10-day journey that will take them swinging around the moon. Their path through space will take the group farther from Earth than humanity has ever gone, surpassing the Apollo 13 record of 248,655 miles set in 1970.The group will not land on the moon’s surface, but the flight is meant to kick-start a new era of lunar exploration, paving the way for a moon landing in the coming years. It will be the first time that NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule carry human passengers.AdvertisementAdvertisementIf that’s cause for any trepidation, the astronauts haven’t let it show.“There is nothing left on my to-do list. I’m ready to go,” Wiseman said Wednesday in a post on X.Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 17, before they entered quarantine. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)(Joe Raedle)He and his fellow crew members entered quarantine in Houston a week ago — a standard part of prelaunch activities to limit the astronauts’ exposure to germs. They are expected to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, around six days before their launch, which could happen as early as Feb. 8, though NASA has yet to set a firm date.Wisema …
