Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The @NASA Artemis II Space Launch System rocket successfully lifted off on April 1 from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are aboard the Orion spacecraft and on course for NASA's first crewed lunar flyby since the Apollo missions.

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