The historic Artemis 2 mission launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, beginning the first astronaut voyage to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972
Aboard their Orion spacecraft, the four Artemis 2 astronauts will perform a lunar flyby. And, while they won't be orbiting or landing on the moon, the mission marks a watershed moment for NASA's renewed effort to extend humanity's reach beyond low Earth orbit.
