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Space.com

Orion will spend the next six days flying toward the moon. Next Monday (Nov. 21) — T+6 days since launch — Orion will perform its lowest lunar pass, flying within about 60 miles (100 kilometers) of the lunar surface.

The New York Times

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s majestic new rocket soared into space for the first time in the early hours of Wednesday, lighting up the night sky and accelerating on a journey that will take an astronaut-less capsule around the moon and back.

CNN

Atop the rocket was the Orion spacecraft, a gumdrop-shaped capsule that broke away from the rocket after reaching space. Orion is designed to carry humans, but its passengers for this test mission are of the inanimate variety, including some mannequins …

The Washington Post

The Orion capsule was perched on top and, less than two hours into the flight, busted out of Earth’s orbit toward the moon. Story continues below advertisement.

BBC News

Artemis I is about to launch into deep space around the Moon, preparing the way for humanity’s return to the lunar surface and beyond. How will it make history? A. After an absence of 50 years, Nasa is returning to the Moon.

The Washington Post

While a lunar landing may still be years away, the successful launch of Artemis I marked a significant milestone for the space agency. NASA has not sent an astronaut beyond low Earth orbit since the last of the …

CNET

On Wednesday morning during the quiet hours of twilight, a 32-story rocket blasted into space from a launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. In a burst of flames and smoke, the citrus-colored vessel brightened the dark sky with a synthetic sunset as …

The New York Times

A large orange-colored core rocket stage with two white side booster rockets and a. NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion capsule sit on the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday night.

The Washington Post

NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday, bringing the United States a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program …

CBS News

After repeated fuel leaks, two hurricanes and a pair of launch delays, engineers have begun fueling NASA’s $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket for a third launch try early Wednesday. The Artemis 1 launch would kick off a long-awaited maiden flight …