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NASA finally went back to the moon. How many people actually followed along?

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15.04.2026

NASA finally went back to the moon. How many people actually followed along?

More people watched the Super Bowl live than the Artemis II launch.

In case you didn’t hear, we just went back to the moon.

NASA has been heavily promoting the Artemis II mission for months, which concluded on April 10 after its four astronauts splashed down off the coast of California. No doubt, this venture was an objectively awe-inducing feat. The space agency successfully demonstrated the most powerful rocket it’s ever built, the Space Transportation System, and tested Orion, its crew vehicle, with a crew for the first time. NASA’s astronauts also traveled farther into space than ever before, and humans saw the dark side of the lunar surface with their own eyes (another major first).

But how excited did the rest of humanity get? Social media........

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