NASA's moonshot
By Mary Helen Moore
Published on April 1, 2026.
NASA's Artemis II, a moon rocket that will carry four astronauts around the Moon, is set to launch today and is the first mission of its kind since Apollo. If it launches on schedule, it will travel nearly 250,000 miles from Earth, making humans further away from Earth than ever before. The launch window is set at 6:24pm. A YouTube stream from NASA will begin today from 12:50pm. The weather is expected to be favourable for the launch.
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