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'Spectacular!': BBC science editor reacts to Artemis II launch

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 66 words
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What to know about 'Spectacular!': BBC science editor reacts to Artemis II launch

'Spectacular!': BBC science editor reacts to Artemis II launch Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft has launched and is now orbiting Earth, where it will then head on to circle the Moon as part of a 10-day mission.

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What happened

'Spectacular!': BBC science editor reacts to Artemis II launch Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft has launched and is now orbiting Earth, where it will then head on to circle the Moon as part of a 10-day mission.

Why it matters

The crew onboard are "safe, secure and in great spirits", according to a Nasa official.

Common ground

Rebecca Morelle, the BBC's science editor, was in Florida to watch the "spectacular" blast off.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

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Claim 1: “Rebecca Morelle, the BBC's science editor, was in Florida to watch the 'spectacular' blast off.”
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Claim 2: “The crew onboard are 'safe, secure and in great spirits', according to a Nasa official.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing U.S. spaceflight sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV
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Claim 3: “Nasa's Artemis II spacecraft has launched and is now orbiting Earth, where it will then head on to circle the Moon as part of a 10-day mission.”
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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 U.S. spaceflight sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NA…
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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