NASA, Artemis II and lunar astronauts
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By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke supports NASA's Artemis program, calling it a 'great adventure' and the start of a permanent lunar presence.
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Liftoff! Artemis II launched at 6:35 p.m. April 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39B. The astronauts are off on the historic mission around the moon.
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The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose with their eclipse glasses used to protect their eyes for the Orion spacecraft's flyby of the Moon April 6,
As Artemis II sling shots itself back to Earth, CNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan speaks with former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin about the historic mission and why the Orion crew’s views of Earth are nothing like what he saw aboard the International Space Station.