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Reactions as Artemis II astronauts lift off on historic lunar mission

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. April 1, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

How NASA’s Artemis II Moon mission will unfold

Artemis II lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard the Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket the agency has ever flown.

Timeline: Key milestones in NASA's Artemis moon programme

NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft prepares for launch from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026.

NASA’s Artemis II launches four astronauts on world’s first crewed lunar mission in half a century

NASA's Artemis II mission to fly by the moon, comprising the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.

NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in half a century

Weather conditions appeared favourable for an on-time liftoff in the agency's two-hour launch window on April 1.

Why is NASA spending $129 billion to return to the Moon? Depends on who you ask

As early as April 1, NASA will send a crew of four around the Moon as a precursor for a landing this decade.

Research flight set young Singaporean graduate on path to working at NASA

lymel - Dr Melissa Yang Martin and fellow researcher Isobel Simpson on the NASA DC-8 for their first field research mission in 2006.

NASA to ‘pause’ orbital lunar space station and pivot to lunar base

NASA’s next-generation moon rocket sits on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA to spend $25 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman says the agency will use the components of a planned space station to build a base on the moon over seven years.

NASA returns Moon rocket to pad, eyeing April 1 launch

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, rolls from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs ahead of the Artemis II mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US Feb 25.

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