<div class="" data-article-body="true"><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.</i></p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt=" Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation's 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. " loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/25GHXv4Cnw.36skAhWXxVw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/0576da56adb2d6dbe302b28731d132e0"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-0 size-full" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation's 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The U.S. capital was just moonstruck — or at least, the Washington Monument was.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">An image of NASA's iconic <a href="https://www.space.com/saturn-v-rocket-guide-apollo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Saturn V;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Saturn V</u></a> rocket was projected onto the monument at night between Dec. 31 and Jan. 5. That latter date is just a month out from the possible launch of the <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-2-humans-moon-orbit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Artemis 2;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Artemis 2</u></a> round-the-moon mission with four astronauts, which is scheduled to lift off as soon as Feb. 6.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Artemis 2 will mark the crewed debut of NASA's huge <a href="https://www.space.com/33908-space-launch-system.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Space Launch System;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Space Launch System</u></a> rocket, and it will be first mission to send people to the <a href="https://www.space.com/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:moon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>moon</u></a> since <a href="https://www.space.com/17287-apollo-17-last-moon-landing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Apollo 17;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Apollo 17</u></a> in 1972.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">"Freedom 250 is ringing in the New Year by illuminating the story of America, including reaching for the stars, and highlighting our achievements in space, on the Washington Monument," NASA officials wrote about the light show, which featured other imagery as well, <a href="https://x.com/nasahqphoto/status/2006538847052771829" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>on X</u></a> on Dec. 31.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Freedom 250 is the organization responsible for marking the 250th anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of Independence, an event popularly celebrated as the beginning of the United States. The declaration, which passed the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, stated that 13 British colonies in North America would separate from Great Britain and form a United States of America with independent powers of commerce and state, <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Declaration-of-Independence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to the Encyclopedia Britannica;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>according to the Encyclopedia Britannica</u></a>.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A vertical building is lit up in red, white and blue colors with the numbers 250 on it from top to bottom next to a white illuminated building with columns against a dark night sky." loading="lazy" width="960" height="540" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/x_976Yc.BRd_33kQSz7ylg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/7bf22f8750f23467340090390ee02c0a"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-0 size-full" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">The projection show was accompanied by a fireworks display to celebrate New Year's Eve. | Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Artemis 2 includes <a href="https://www.space.com/38700-nasa-history.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:NASA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>NASA</u></a> commander <a href="https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-reid-wiseman-space-biography" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Reid Wiseman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Reid Wiseman</u></a>, NASA pilot <a href="https://www.space.com/victor-glover.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Victor Glover;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Victor Glover</u></a> (who will become the first Black person to leave low Earth orbit), NASA mission specialist <a href="https://www.space.com/christina-koch" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Christina Koch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Christina Koch</u></a> (the first woman to do the same) and <a href="https://www.space.com/22534-canadian-space-agency.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Canadian Space Agency;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Canadian Space Agency</u></a> mission specialist <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-2-moon-astronaut-canada-jeremy-hansen" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Jeremy Hansen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Jeremy Hansen</u></a> (the first non-American). It follows on from <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-1-going-back-to-the-moon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Artemis 1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Artemis 1</u></a>, an uncrewed flight to lunar orbit in late 2022 that tested the SLS as well as the <a href="https://www.space.com/27824-orion-spacecraft.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Orion spacecraft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Orion spacecraft</u></a> that the astronauts will pilot on Artemis 2.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Provided Artemis 2's 10-day mission goes as planned, the follow-up will be the first crewed moon landing in more than five decades with <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-3-moon-landing-mission" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Artemis 3;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Artemis 3</u></a>, later in the 2020s. NASA is positioning Artemis as part of a larger push for moon settlement, including the establishment of long-term bases, resource mining and the use of <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nasa-aiming-build-nuclear-reactor-194847033.html" data-ylk="slk:nuclear reactors;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;" class="link  yahoo-link"><u>nuclear reactors</u></a>. From there, the agency hopes to eventually land astronauts on Mars.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">NASA is implementing the Artemis program with the help of a number of international and private-industry partners. For example, Hansen's seat on Artemis 2 came principally due to his nation's planned provision of the Canadarm3 robotic arm for the <a href="https://www.space.com/43018-lunar-orbital-platform-gateway.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Gateway lunar space station;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Gateway lunar space station</u></a>.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A tall obelisk-shaped monument is illuminated with projectors to produce scenes of rockets, astronauts on the moon, and the numbers 250 vertically down the building" loading="lazy" width="960" height="960" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/81UFK383rJhhcN842tu_QA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTk2MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/2cf4410d0d39b694e4f4c89586dddcc4"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-0 size-full" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Will the Artemis 3 mission be the next successful moon landing? | Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The United States is also spearheading an initiative called the <a href="https://www.space.com/artemis-accords-explained" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Artemis Accords;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Artemis Accords</u></a>, which seeks to establish a set of norms for safe, sustainable and peaceful space exploration. More than 50 other nations have signed the accords to date.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A tall obelisk-shaped monument is illuminated with projectors to produce scenes of rockets, astronauts on the moon, and the numbers 250 vertically down the building" loading="lazy" width="960" height="1002" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/9eZk4TM2iSXD0FQuA9ghaA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwMDI7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/space_311/6ffccbbf658a222b562c8dc8462896b9"><button aria-label="View larger image" class="group absolute bottom-0 size-full" data-ylk="elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;"><span class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none"><svg viewbox="0 0 22 22" aria-hidden="true" class="size-4 lg:size-6" width="22" height="22"><path d="M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z"></path></svg></span></button><dialog aria-label="Modal Dialog" aria-modal="true" class="fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden"></dialog></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">The Saturn V rocket is projected onto the Washington Monument. | Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The New Year's Eve appearance of the Saturn V wasn't its first projection onto the monument. Back in 2019, when NASA was celebrating the 50th anniversary of <a href="https://www.space.com/16758-apollo-11-first-moon-landing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:Apollo 11;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>Apollo 11</u></a> and the first-ever human moon landing, the rocket's image graced one of the sides of the monument courtesy of a Smithsonian Institution celebration, according to Space.com <a href="https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-010126a-saturn-v-washington-monument-illumination-freedom-250.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:partner site collectSPACE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link "><u>partner site collectSPACE</u></a>. The 2025 showing of the rocket was the first to put the Saturn V on all sides of the monument, however.</p></div>

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