Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch
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In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. collects lunar samples at Station No. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site, April 21, 1972. (John W. Young/NASA via AP)Jacki Mahaffey, chief training officer for Artemis II, prepares for a training mission in the Orion Mission Simulator at Johnson Space Center on Friday, July 25, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, JoAnn Morgan, sitting in the center of the third row, watches the launch of Apollo 11 from the launch firing room, July 16, 1969, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (NASA via AP, File)FILE - In this photo provided by NASA, JoAnn Morgan watches the launch of Apollo 11 from the launch firing room, July 16, 1969, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (NASA via AP, File)Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival Systems project manager, describes construction of space suits that will be used for the Artemis II mission at Johnson Space Center on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. collects lunar samples at Station No. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site, April 21, 1972. (John W. Young/NASA via AP)