NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined the most critical moments for the Artemis II mission, which is set to continue looping around the moon. The mission, launched last week, marks the first piloted moonshot since the Apollo program ended more than five decades ago. The primary objective for the mission is to gather data from the ECLS system on the Orion spacecraft, a crucial test mission for future efforts to return humans to the lunar surface. Isaacman noted that this is the first time humans have been onboard the Orion for this mission. He also mentioned that Artemis III, set to launch in mid-2027, will test the spacecraft with lunar landers, followed by Artemis IV in 2028. The spacecraft is expected to temporarily lose communications with Earth for about 40 minutes as it travels around the far side of the moon, but Isaacman said they're used to this practice.