ALT A panel sits at a table with an orange backdrop displaying \"Michael & Susan Dell FOUNDATION\" and \"UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN\" logos. The audience applauds. The setting suggests a press conference or formal announcement.

ALT A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA

ALT Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters. Credit: NASA

ALT A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image. Credit: NASA

ALT A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA

ALT NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the crewed Orion spacecraft lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker

ALT Top (17 December 1903) – The Wright brothers’ first successful flight of the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Bottom (20 July 1969) – Astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing beside the U.S. flag on the lunar surface during an Apollo 11 EVA.

ALT An artist's concept of NASA's Moon Base in phase 3, which enables a long-duration human presence. The surface of the Moon is dotted with white structures and vehicles as well as astronauts in white spacesuits. Earth is visible in the sky just above center left. Credit: NASA