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The Artemis Generation Begins! Artemis II Launches for the Moon
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The Artemis Generation Begins! Artemis II Launches for the Moon

Universe Today·Matthew Williams·2 months ago
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NASA's Artemis II mission launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1st, 2026. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

At 06:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 p.m. PDT) on April 1st, the Artemis II mission lifted off from the historic Launch Pad-39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission will send astronauts on a ten-day journey around the Moon and will be the first crewed mission to venture beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) since the Apollo Era.

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