NASA’s Artemis II is on a voyage around moon

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NASA's Artemis II moon mission is set to make space history
Just a few hours remain in the countdown for Artemis II, NASA's mission to return astronauts to lunar orbit for the first time since the Apollo era. The agency's new lunar hopes and dreams are sitting on pad 39B at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in the form of a 322-foot-tall rocket set to launch three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day flyby of Earth's nearest celestial companion.

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Artemis II Launch: Watch Live as NASA Sends Astronauts to Moon
‘Let’s go!’ NASA launches humanity’s first moon voyage in nearly 54 years
'Feeling pretty good up here': Artemis II makes critical push out of Earth's orbit towards Moon
Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch's mission is partly intended to pave the way for a future lunar landing in the coming years.

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Nasa’s first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years blasts off
The Artemis II crew of three Americans and a Canadian blasted off into the clear Florida sky from Kennedy Space Center at 6.35pm local time on Wednesday, in an Orion spacecraft on top of a giant rocke...

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History of the NASA space program

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze reports on the cold-war era space race and the history of the NASA space program, ahead of the Artemis II launch and the future US moon-base ambition.

Meet the astronauts about to make history on flight around the moon

NASA's Artemis II astronauts — three space station veterans and a Canadian rookie — stand out even in an astronaut corps full of super achievers.

What to know about the 4 people launching to make history around the moon

The crew of the Artemis II mission will include the first woman and person of color to travel to deep space, ushering in a new era of representation in exploration beyond Earth.
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Experience NASA's history at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Explore NASA's rich history and even feel the rumble of a launch at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

Artemis II astronauts among 1st to take smartphones to space

NASA's Artemis II astronauts are among the first government spacefarers to bring personal smartphones to space. Here's how they'll be used.
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To see Artemis II make history, big crowds are coming to Space Coast

Hundreds of thousands of people will be looking up at the sky to watch Artemis II blast off from Kennedy Space Center as NASA astronauts return to the moon for the first time since 1972.

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