Artemis II astronauts rocket toward moon
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NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Wednesday. The mission aims to send four astronauts around the moon on a roughly 10-day journey.
A NASA crew of four astronauts are preparing for a critical stage of their journey that will set them on course for the moon, a step that will ultimately bring them closer to the lunar surface than anyone has been in more than 50 years.
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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.
Dozens of students and teachers at London's Western University gathered to cheer on the launch of the Artemis II mission which is sending astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, around the moon,
Going to the moon isn't new for NASA: of the 24 that flew there during the Apollo missions, all astronauts were men. On Artemis II, Christina Koch is set to be the first woman.
Four astronauts will journey to the moon and back once NASA launches its Artemis II mission, planned for Wednesday, April 1.