Artemis II: Humanity's Return Beyond Earth - The Complete Story of the Mission That Broke Apollo 13's Record (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798196357732)

On April 6, 2026, four humans traveled farther from Earth than anyone before them.

Nine days earlier, on April 1, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the Integrity capsule - the first crew to aim for the Moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.

What they saw up there had not been seen in fifty-three years. And some things had never been seen: a solar eclipse from cislunar space, an Earthrise in 4K, the far side of the Moon scrolling in real time beneath their windows.

Inside this book:

• The complete story of the mission, day by day - from countdown to Pacific splashdown
• The record broken: 252,756 miles from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13 after 56 years
• The technical inside story: the SLS rocket, the Orion capsule, the European module, the 3,000 F heat shield
• The astronauts: who they are, how they were chosen, what they saw
• The human moments: the toilet failure, the Rise plush designed by an 8-year-old, the crater named for a woman who died in 2020
• The appendices: space glossary, chronology, Apollo vs. Artemis comparison
• What comes next: Artemis III, the lunar base, Mars

A complete documentary, vivid, written like a thriller. With exact figures, untold anecdotes, and the words the astronauts spoke between the stars.

Humanity went back to the Moon. Here's how.

176 pages. 24 chapters + epilogue + 3 appendices. More than fifty "Did you know?" sidebars.

Author: William Bluebird
ISBN-13: 9798196357732
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2026
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d