Artemis II blasts off for moon mission in glorious return to golden age of space exploration
Artemis II successfully launched into Earth’s orbit from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, marking the crucial first step in mankind’s historic return to deep space and the moon. A crew of four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, are onboard the towering 322-foot rocket for a 10-day mission that’s expected to take them 250,000 miles...