The Argentine government recently announced that the country will participate in NASA’s Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. President Javier Milei held up Argentina’s spot in the moon mission as proof of the country’s technological prowess and vindication of his “efficient” allotment of resources. In the mission, a rocket will carry four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth. While they will not land on the moon, the flight will take the crew farther from Earth than any previous human mission. For Baum, the Artemis mission represents a “new space race” between the United States and China.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 25, 2026 00:38 UTC