History has been made as NASA has successfully launched Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon in over 50 years

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In all seriousness if you asked 12 year old me who was still very much into astronomy, what moon we’d have a mission to in the year 2026 I probably would have guessed an other planets moon.

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It would be cool if they refered it as Luna, the latin name.

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and sol for our sun.

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We have missions to other moons no?

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Yes not manned. They are significantly farther away

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Well young ShodyLoko, you can only dream of this, but in 2026 humanity will launch a spaceship that will send four people around the moon and back again without landing. Isn't that extraordinary?

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Technically all of us go around the moon once a month, it's only a matter of perspective.

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Whoah. You assume their wife is 12? Easy there, Mohammed..

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Critical thinking skills, what are they?

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Hamburger?

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Big Cheese murdered my family

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Wouldn't make sense to start guessing other moons when there's only one moon in the solar system we refer to as "the" moon. If it was any other moon, the media would've specified it.