# Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's finally happening!)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432 "2022-08-27T12:25:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/754 "2026-04-06T11:57:39Z")

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Apologies for the multi-part comment.

> [@DPRK](#):
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> the Moon is not sitting there, so you need to aim for where the Moon is going to be at the desired encounter time.

Finally, we do not want to impact the Moon, however! So we need to pass either in front of or behind it. We should note that flying the spacecraft so that it passes in front of the Moon, rather than behind it in its orbit, helps slow it down: [Could we use gravity assist to slow down spacecraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-use-gravity-assist-to-slow-down-spacecraft/1015555)  
not speed it up

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