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NASA's Artemis II completed a successful 10-day crewed lunar flyby in April 2026, marking the first human journey to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. But the mission's $4.2 billion price tag, a history of schedule slips, and unresolved technical challenges — including an unproven Starship lunar lander — raise hard questions about whether the Artemis program can deliver a crewed lunar landing before China reaches the surface by 2030.