Artemis II launched into space on Wednesday hours after President Trump pledged to send U.S. astronauts to the moon more than five decades after the Apollo missions.
The Artemis II mission will be sending four astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit to circle around the moon before heading back home. Video of the launch was shared across social media on Thursday.
Hours prior, the president said on Truth Social that astronauts will be going “farther into Deep Space than any human has EVER gone.”
“Tonight at 6:24 P.M. EST, for the first time in over 50 YEARS, America is going back to the Moon!,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Artemis II, among the most…
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