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Artemis II Launch

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Artemis II Lifts Off, Sending Four Astronauts Toward a Lunar Flyby

The 10-day flight tests NASA’s new rocket and Orion capsule to prove systems for future lunar landings.

Air Force’s Secretive ‘RAT55’ Joins Artemis II Prep as Service Confirms New Phase for Jet

Artemis II Cleared for Tonight’s Launch Window to Send Four Astronauts Around the Moon

NASA Rolls Artemis II Back to VAB After Helium Flow Fault, March Launch Window Scrubbed