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South China Morning Post - World News

South China Morning Post - World News

Title Historic Artemis II moon mission lifts off, amid US lunar race with China Source South China Morning Post - World News
Description Four astronauts blasted off on Wednesday for a trip around the moon, marking humankind’s deepest venture into space in an odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of interstellar exploration. Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, a 32-storey rocket rose from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre, where tens of thousands gathered to witness the dawn of this new era. Crowds also jammed the surrounding roads and beaches, reminiscent of the Apollo moonshots in the 1960s and ’70s. The mission...
Link https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3348724/historic-artemis-ii-moon-mission-lifts-amid-us-lunar-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed Published At 2026-04-02 00:40:30 (17 minutes ago)
Created At 2026-04-01 18:42:42 Updated At 2026-04-01 20:40:30