APTOPIX NASA Artemis Moonshot
Photographers set up remote cameras near NASA's Artemis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon. It's humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a lunar landing in two years. The 32-story moon rocket blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening. It's carrying three Americans and one Canadian. The Artemis II crew will spend a day in orbit around Earth checking their capsule before firing the main engine that will propel them to the moon. The nearly 10-day mission will see them fly around the moon and set a distance record before coming straight back home.
