Artemis II mission designed for deeper space travel than Apollo for crew safety

Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, explains why the Artemis II crew will travel farther from Earth than Apollo astronauts. He clarifies that the mission utilizes a "free return trajectory," meaning the spacecraft is designed to automatically return to Earth due to gravitational pull, even if systems fail. This safety measure requires the crew to loop further behind the moon.