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April 2, 2026 ~ Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds spoke with Jonathan Serrie, Fox News senior correspondent, about the Artemis II launch. He described the launch and NASA’s plans for a moon base and Mars mission.
MERRITT ISLAND, FL ~ NASA’s Artemis II left Earth’s orbit Thursday evening, about a day after it launched for its journey to the moon.
The spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, carrying four astronauts for the 10-day mission. The crew will not be landing on the moon, though; instead, they will first orbit the Earth, then travel to the moon, where they will fly around it before returning to Earth in a figure-eight pattern.
The last time humanity reached its lunar neighbor was the Apollo 17 landing in late 1972.
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Liftoff.
— NASA (@NASA) April 1, 2026
The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.
Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars. pic.twitter.com/ENQA4RTqAc
