Kennedy Space Center, United States of America. 01 April, 2026. The NASA Artemis II Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft blasts into the sky from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Artemis II test flight is carrying Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a ten-day journey around the moon.Credit: Joel Kowsky/NASA/Alamy Live News

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