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Humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century lifted off Wednesday #shorts
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April 2, 2026
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1:03Now PlayingAfter a tense afternoon of checks and fixes, four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — aboard NASA's newest moon rocket began their journey at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Over the next 10 days, the crew of the Artemis II mission will fly around the moon and back while setting a new record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth.
Apollo 17, in 1972, was the last time astronauts landed on the moon.
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