Artemis II lifts off, carrying humans back toward the moon
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“Artemis II lifts off, carrying humans back toward the moon”
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“This is the first time since 1972 that astronauts will fly to the vicinity of the moon”
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“NASA was targeting a two-hour launch window that opened at 6.24 p.m. ET (2224 GMT) today”
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“Four astronauts of the Artemis II flight took off for the moon on Wednesday night”
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“The 10-day flight around the moon marks a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface”
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“It would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled in space, sending them some 252,000 miles (406,000 km)”
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“Astronauts aren't going to land on the moon this time”
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“NASA led the design of the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion capsule”
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“NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, landed in Florida from Houston on Friday after a two-week quarantine leading up to liftoff”
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“A critical component of the Orion spacecraft's European Service Module (ESM) was built by Airbus in Bremen, Germany, on behalf of the European Space Agency”
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“The astronauts are not expected to land on the moon. Instead, they will travel several thousand miles beyond it, perform a U-turn and return to Earth”
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“The Artemis II mission ultimately represents the opening shot of NASA's plans for a permanent moon base. The agency hopes for a proper moon landing near the lunar south pole in 2028”
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