NASA has successfully launched its Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a historic journey around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era

The Artemis II mission successfully launched into space on April 1, at 6:35pm Eastern time, from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The crew of Artemis II will not descend to the moon, but their capsule will fly over the far side of its surface.

US launches Artemis II crewed moon mission

Liftoff of Artemis II with four astronauts occurred at 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC) on Wednesday.

NASA's Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts around the moon and back, marking humanity's first crewed lunar voyage in 53 years and the first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) with people on board

NASA's Artemis II rocket lifted off Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon the first crewed lunar flight in more than 50 years.

MisiArtemis IIyang akan mengembalikan manusia mengelilingi bulan buat pertama kali sejak 1972 telah berjaya dilancarkan pada jam 6.36 pagi tadi dari Cape Canaveral, Amerika Syarikat

Our resident Carcharodon lunaris weighs in about today's historic launch.

"Itll go when the engines light at T-0."

The Artemis II mission crew includes the first woman, the first Black person, and the first non-American astronaut to travel to the lunar environment.

Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis program , is scheduled to launch today, April 1

The incident underscores the potential hazards of the increasingly large numbers of satellites and other spacecraft in low-Earth orbit -- some 10,000 Starlinks are currently in orbit and counting. Starlink's statement said that "the event poses no new risk" to the International Space Station or to the upcoming launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, targeted for April 1

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The event happened while the satellite was approximately 348 miles above our planet. Since that is a relatively low altitude, SpaceXs analysis showed that the remains of the satellite pose no risk to the International Space Station or the upcoming launch of the Artemis II mission

Misi Artemis II kini dijadualkan dilancarkan pada jam 6.24 pagi, 2 April waktu Malaysia

Orion's four astronauts edge toward liftoff for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than 50 years NASA is preparing to send astronauts around the Moon, with the Artemis II mission countdown set to begin tonight.

The four astronauts selected for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived in Florida on Friday, entering the final preparations for the first crewed journey to the moon in over 50 years.

Still aiming for April 1 if the weather plays ball The rollback to the launchpad for NASA's monster Moon rocket has slipped by a day, though the agency is optimistic that the long-delayed return of humans to lunar space will still happen in early April.

NASAmenangguhpelancaran misiArtemis IIyang dijadualkan pada bulan Mac kerana kebocoran pada tangki bahan api serta injap yang digunakan untuk sistem tekanan kapsul krew Orion

"This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said.

'When we tank the vehicle ... I would like it to be on a day that we could actually launch' NASA has set April 1 for the Artemis II launch, with engineers preparing the Space Launch System (SLS) for a rollout to the pad on March 19.

SpaceX has started commissioning a second launch pad at the company's Starbase facility in Texas.

NASA will soon give it another go on April Fools' Day. On Thursday, NASA said it's targeting April 1 at 6:24 PM ET for the Artemis II mission's next launch attempt

Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near SpaceX has rolled another Starship super heavy booster to the launch pad as the company's boss, Elon Musk, admits the first launch of Starship V3 had slipped.

NASA is eyeing an April launch window for the upcoming Artemis II mission after it repaired a helium-flow issue on the Space Launch System upper stage rocket

"Engineers are assessing what allowed the seal to become dislodged to prevent the issue from recurring."