NASA's Artemis 2 Astronauts Reveal Moon Mission Patch To Honor 'AII'

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: NASA's Artemis II astronauts have debuted the mission patch for their trip around the moon. The insignia has elements that reference the first humans to enter lunar orbit in 1968, as well as the efforts that will come after Artemis II, to establish a presence on the moon and send astronauts to Mars. Crewmates Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen chose to abbreviate Artemis II to AII on the patch as an honor to all.

: Fram, the world's first vessel to have been used extensively in both Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, including the first to reach the South Pole, is now on another Earth-spanning journey, or at least a part of it is. A segment of the ship's wooden deck, which reached both poles in 1911 and 1926, is now on board Fram2 , the first human spaceflight in polar orbit. The crew (and block) are passing over the North or South pole every 46 minutes.

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The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their history-making journey.

NASA on Thursday (April 3) debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia , its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen will wear the patch when they launch on the Artemis 2 mission, currently targeted for no later than April 2026.

The emblem includes design elements that symbolize the past, present and future of human space exploration.

Borrowing the same outline as NASA's Artemis program patch (as well as the shape of the "A" in "AII" and the red trajectory line forming the crossbar of the "A" and the path between Earth and the moon ), the border frames an artistic depiction of "Earthrise." The now-iconic image of our home planet hovering above the lunar horizon was captured by the Apollo 8 crew, the first humans to fly to the moon.

The Artemis 2 crew will not enter lunar orbit like Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders did in December 1968, but will share in seeing some of the same sights as they did while flying beyond the moon and then looping back to return to Earth .

"The scene of the Earth and the moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling," wrote the Artemis 2 astronauts . "The moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human."

Hansen, together with the Canadian Space Agency , earlier revealed his personal patch for the mission . It features Indigenous art as a sign of respect for Canada's original explorers.