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April 1, 2026
NASA's Artemis II Mission Successfully Launches for Historic Moon Mission
- NASA's Artemis II mission launched successfully on Wednesday at 6:35 PM ET, sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time since 1972.
- The mission serves as a crucial 'dress rehearsal' for future lunar landings, with astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen aboard.
- Glover and Koch will be the first person of color and woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit, respectively, while Hansen is the first non-American to do so.
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- Trump hypes moon mission as Artemis II prepares to lift off under pressure from past failuresApr 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM · Fox News
- Artemis II successfully launches for historic Moon missionApr 2, 2026 at 1:15 AM · Axios