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The SLS upper stage will send a crewed Orion spacecraft on a 10-day journey to the Moon and back as early as late next year.

>> we've spent our entire lives looking up at the moon. now we're going to go out there and look back at earth from that same distance. that is crazy. >> reporter: some of their artemis training will happen right behind me in nasa's mock-up orion capsule. that training starts in june, goes on for 18 months which means the launch could haps soon as late next year. mark strauss man, cbs news in houston. next on "cbs weekend news" we are still among the stars. this time a brilliant snapshot from the web telescope, a never before seen star explosion.

The Space Coast is already gearing up for the huge number of visitors who will travel to see the four astronauts blast off.

NASA is announcing the crew for the upcoming Artemis II mission and we are getting a chance to talk to one of the astronauts

I'm a mission specialist on the artemis 2 mission to the moon. she holds the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman. jeremy hansen, from the canadian space agency — a fighter pilot and physicist. and nasa's former chief astronaut, reid wiseman — the artemis 2 commander. and making up the four piloting the spacecraft will be victor glover. artemis 2 is more than a mission to the moon and back. it's more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i'm most ...