Lead Artemis II flight director, Jeff Radigan explained that the crew would be flying further into space than anyone had been before.
“They’re going at least 5,000 nautical miles (9,200 km) past the Moon, which is much higher than previous missions have gone,” he told reporters.
The aim of the mission is to test the rocket and spacecraft’s systems to prepare for a Moon landing, which will be Artemis III – part three of the project.
The astronauts will live in a capsule which will will be blasted into space by powerful rocket system, called the Space Launch System (SLS) which Nasa says is “pretty much stacked and ready to go”.
They’ll live and work in capsule called Orion, which sits on top of the SLS.