I kinda heard about it but really didn't know much until I watched YT Joe Scott describe it.
We're going back to the moon baby! (and we'll be doing a lot of cool things along the way including a space station around the moon and getting the commercial side involved).
Short blurb but encourage you to watch the YT video below if interested in more details.
Quote:
Through its current Artemis program, NASA envisions sending astronauts to the lunar south pole by 2025 and eventually establishing a permanent presence on the Moon. The program is a result of the Trump administration's Space Policy Directive 1 and a March 26, 2019 speech by former Vice President Mike Pence directing NASA to reach the Moon by 2024.
Artemis is designed to land humans on the Moon quickly and focus on Mars as a long-term human spaceflight goal after that. The preliminary short-term plan involves using both commercial rockets and NASA's Space Launch System, the Orion crew capsule, and a commercial lunar landing system. A small space station in lunar orbit called the Gateway would serve future surface missions
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https://youtu.be/MHMTq24rQeI