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NASA’s Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 1, 2026. REUTERS
The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972,
Four astronauts blasted off Wednesday on a high-stakes mission around the moon, marking humanity’s first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years and kicking off NASA’s plan to land astronauts there within two years.
Charlie Duke flew to the moon in 1972 during Apollo 16, alongside John Young and Ken Mattingly. While in space, Duke left something special behind.
Artemis II is about to launch to circle the moon. Part-time Cape Cod resident James Head has been plotting moon landings for years.
The Artemis II mission represents the first time astronauts have launched beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.