The Long Way Back to the Moon
1972. We left. And for over half a century, we've been finding our way back.
When Gene Cernan left the Moon in 1972, the Apollo era came to a sudden halt. It took over half a century to build the machines and the momentum to return. That unprecedented gap finally closed in April 2026 when Artemis II carried a new crew around the lunar far side. This is the story of those 53 years, and what it took to finally set our sights back on the Moon.
One story, one sitting.
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