First Black astronaut candidate ‘proud’ Victor Glover will make history
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“First Black astronaut candidate 'proud’ Victor Glover will make history”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Victor Glover being the first person of colour to loop around the moon.
“NASA’s Artemis II mission could take off as soon as April 1”
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Wikipedia explicitly states Artemis II is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, from the Kennedy Space Center as part of the Artemis program.
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— Artemis II is a planned lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program, scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026 from the Kennedy Space Center. The ten-day mission will carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, …
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— Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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