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Artemis II launch live updates: Crew readies for historic moon flyby before returning to Earth

Nypost · · 176 words · By Kathleen Joyce
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“NASA’s Artemis II will see astronauts orbit the moon in a mission the likes of which have not been seen in more than 50 years.”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, The Guardian) confirm Artemis II is the first crewed mission beyond low-Earth orbit in over 50 years. Wikipedia's Artemis II page corroborates the mission's historic significance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crewed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“On Thursday, Artemis II officially headed for the moon after firing its thrusters and leaving Earth’s orbit at 7:49 p.m. for its epic four-day journey”
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No external sources confirm the specific time (7:49 p.m. on Thursday) of Artemis II leaving Earth's orbit. Wikipedia entries do not address this timing detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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“The Orion capsule lifted off Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 p.m. after NASA engineers rushed to fix several problems pre-launch.”
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No external sources confirm the specific launch timeყ (6:35 p.m. on Wednesday) of the Orion capsule. Wikipedia entries do not address this timing detail.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a partially reusable crewed spacecraft used in NASA's Artemis program. The spacecraft consists of a Crew Module (CM) space capsule designed by Lockheed M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Constellation program (abbreviated CxP) was a crewed spaceflight program developed by NASA, the space agency of the United States, from 2005 to 2009. The major goals of the program, in which no cr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_program
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the ten field centers of NASA. Since 1968, KSC has been NAS…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center
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“The mission will take four astronauts for a loop around Earth’s moon — including to the dark side.”
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No evidence was found to confirm or refute the claim about Artemis II orbiting the moon's far side.
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“On Monday, the crew is flying by the moon before making their way back home to Earth.”
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No evidence was found to confirm or refute the claim about the crew flying by the moon on Monday.
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“The crew includes Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, and pilot Victor Glover.”
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No evidence was found to confirm or refute the specific crew members listed in the claim.
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