Lori Glaze (L), acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate and NASA flight director Rick Henfling (C) listen to Kelsey Young (R) Artemis II lunar science lead speak during a status briefing of the Artemis II crewed lunar mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 5, 2026. The four astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 mission prepared April 5 to enter the Moon's "sphere of influence," having already taking in sights of the lunar surface never before seen by human eyes. As they awoke for day five of the 10-day mission, their Orion spaceship was nearly 215,000 miles (346,000 kilometers) from Earth and 65,000 miles from the Moon, according to NASA's online dashboard. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)