NASA, moon and Artemis
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We're just a few days from the Full Moon.
The countdown to launch of the Artemis II crew's flight around the moon begins Monday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
In 2021 the April Pink Moon was a supermoon and is seen here rising over Glastonbury Tor April's full Pink Moon will reach its peak in the UK at 03:12 BST on Thursday 2 April. Whilst a beautiful night sky event,
NASA has high hopes for launching its historic Artemis 2 crewed moon mission on time.
The agency is canceling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct the base, NASA chief Jared Isaacman sai.
The four astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — spoke from a prelaunch quarantine ahead of their scheduled Wednesday mission.
NASA's Artemis II mission will take the crew further than humans have ever ventured in space before. After a liquid hydrogen leak during a practice launch forced the agency to delay the operation, the space agency is now aiming for a launch window of 1-6 April.
The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset on March 26.