NASA on today’s Artemis II launch: We’re sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 50 years. Come watch with us. NASA’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on April 1. The two-hour launch window starts at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC). Four astronauts — three from NASA and one from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) — make up the Artemis II crew: • NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander • NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot • NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist • Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist

NASA on today’s Artemis II launch:
We’re sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 50 years. Come watch with us.

NASA’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on April 1. The two-hour launch window starts at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 UTC).

Four astronauts — three from NASA and one from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) — make up the Artemis II crew:
• NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander
• NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot
• NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist
• Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist
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