Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis II Launch Sends Astronauts Around the Moon for First Time in 50 Years

NASA has launched four astronauts on Artemis II, the first crewed mission to fly around the Moon in more than 50 years. Riding aboard the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, the crew is on a 10-day test flight to prove critical systems, perform manual operations, and travel farther than any humans have in decades. [...]