NASA is asking citizen scientists, space industry employees and other volunteers to help them track the first human mission to the moon in more than 50 years.

The agency put out a call for volunteers to passively track the Artemis 2 mission's Orion spacecraft when it launches in April 2026 or thereabouts, to keep an eye as the four astronauts aboard loop around the moon and then come back to Earth.

Examples of volunteers may include "international space agencies, academic institutions, commercial companies, nonprofits and private citizens," according to a NASA statement. You can read more about the opportunity and apply at this website, before the deadline of Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT).

NASA, of course, already has tracking and communications systems that will watch over the Artem

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