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Artemis II astronauts suit up, head to rocket on launch day

NASA's Artemis 2 moon launch seen from space | Space photo of the day for April 2, 2026

NASA's Artemis 2 has launched on a history-making journey around the moon and back, and the moment was captured from space.

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Photos: Counting Down to the Launch of Artemis II

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Photos: Artemis II astronauts suit up, head to rocket on launch day

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Artemis II crew blasts toward space on historic NASA moon mission

Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (April 1) on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning ...

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4 astronauts are set to launch on Artemis II, the first crewed moon mission in decades

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40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned

Bob Ebeling was anxious and angry as he drove to work on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986. He kept thinking about the space shuttle Challenger, cradled on a Florida launchpad 2,000 miles away. Ebeling knew that ice had formed there overnight and that freezing ...

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High above Earth, Artemis II crew prepare to thrust on to the moon

A few minutes later commander Reid Wiseman declared "Great view… we have got a great Moonrise" – a reminder that this crew will see things that only a handful of humans have witnessed. The delicate technical choreography - including rocket booster separations - went as planned as Artemis passed the Kármán line boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.