Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space on historic mission

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 01, 2026 · 107 words

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Watch the moment Artemis II blasts into space on historic mission The Artemis crew are officially on their way in a historic 10-day mission around the Moon, which could take them further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.

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The crew on the 10-day mission won't land on the Moon, but plan to circle it, while travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.

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Following on from the unmanned Artemis I mission in 2022, Nasa's Artemis programme is preparing for deep-space missions - with an ultimate goal of reaching Mars in the 2030s.

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Claim 1: “Following on from the unmanned Artemis I mission in 2022, Nasa's Artemis programme is preparing for deep-space missions - with an ultimate goal of reaching Mars in the 2030s.”

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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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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…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a lunar flyby mission under the Artemis program. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission plans to carry NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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Claim 2: “The Artemis crew are officially on their way in a historic 10-day mission around the Moon, which could take them further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.”

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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…
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Claim 3: “The crew on the 10-day mission won't land on the Moon, but plan to circle it, while travelling further from Earth than anyone has ever been before.”

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