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Artemis II blasts off, beginning historic moon mission

Name: Artemis II blasts off, beginning historic moon mission
Uploaded: 2026-04-02T07:05:00-0400
Duration: 3 min 9 s
Description: Four astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday to begin a historic space flight, which will loop around the far side of the moon. Artemis II is NASA's first crewed lunar mission since 1972. "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil has more.

Four astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday to begin a historic space flight, which will loop around the far side of the moon. Artemis II is NASA's first crewed lunar mission since 1972. "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil has more.