Astronauts, from left, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of Canada, Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman and Mission Specialist Christina Koch leave the Operations and Checkout Building on Wednesday for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Chris O'Meara, Associated Press
NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Chris O'Meara, Associated Press
NASA employees react Wednesday as astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's push toward a landing in two years.
Astronauts, from left, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of Canada, Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman and Mission Specialist Christina Koch leave the Operations and Checkout Building on Wednesday for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
NASA employees react Wednesday as astronauts leave the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-B and a planned liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
