NASA launches four astronauts on world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century

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Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (April 1) on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:02Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday aboard NASA's Artemis 2 mission,

00:08marking a significant step in the United States' efforts to return humans to the moon.

00:15The Space Launch System rocket lifted off just before sunset from the Kennedy Space Center,

00:21carrying NASA astronauts Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch,

00:26and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

00:29The crew is set for a nearly 10-day journey around the moon and back.

00:33The mission follows nearly three years of training and is the first crewed flight under NASA's Artemis program,

00:40which was launched in 2017.

00:43U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated the team,

00:46describing the mission as amazing and praising the astronauts for their courage.

00:52Let me begin by congratulating the team at NASA and our brave astronauts

00:58on the successful launch of Artemis 2.

01:01It was quite something.

01:03It will be traveling further than any manned rocket has ever flown

01:07and will very substantially pass the moon,

01:10go around it and come back home from a distance that has never been done before.

01:17It's amazing.

01:18They are on the way and God bless them.

01:22These are brave people.

01:24We want to God bless those four unbelievable astronauts.

01:29Artemis 2 is a crucial early step in NASA's broader lunar ambitions,

01:34with plans to land astronauts on the moon later this decade,

01:37the first such landing since 1972.

01:40Integrity.

01:41Good.

01:42Roll pitch.

01:44Roger.

01:45Roll pitch.

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01:53You

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