Today’s Mission to the Moon

Today, NASA is set to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back. If the mission succeeds, a return of astronauts to the moon’s surface could follow. Kenneth Chang, who covers science, explains why the United States wants to go back to the moon. Guest: Kenneth Chang , a science reporter at The New York Times who writes about NASA and the solar system. Background reading: What to know about NASA’s Artemis II moon mission. For a …