As Artemis II is celebrated, the world faces hard questions about US leadership in space
- Written by Art Cotterell, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
Gregg Newton / Getty ImagesThe successful Artemis II trip around the Moon was a historic achievement – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years, and the greatest distance yet travelled by humans from our “pale blue dot”.
The mission was marked by engineering, scientific and technical feats, by the astronauts and team at...





