(SeaPRwire) – NASA’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. The launch window, lasting two hours, will open at 6:24pm EDT. This planned lunar fly-around, involving four astronauts, will mark the first journey to the moon in 53 years. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is ready to launch with four Artemis astronauts aboard: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. The Artemis II mission is anticipated to surpass Apollo 13’s record for the farthest distance traveled from Earth by humans, reaching 248,655 miles.
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