Artemis II, ROCKET LAUNCH
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The Artemis 2 mission is due to send astronauts on a test mission to the moon and back during the "opening act" of a new age of discovery.
Artemis-II, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marks the first crewed lunar mission in more than five decades since the Apollo era.
The countdown is on and four astronauts are expected to lift off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the Artemis II rocket on an historic mission around the Moon on Wednesday.