Florida, April 1 -- A crew of four astronauts has boarded their spacecraft in anticipation of a historic voyage around the Moon. The launch is scheduled for 6:24 pm ET today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The international team is comprised of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, alongside Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency. This ambitious lunar mission signifies the first human return to the Moon's proximity in over half a century. It also holds the potential to surpass the distance records established during the Apollo era, venturing further into deep space than any previous human endeavour.

In a post on X, President Donald Trump extended his support to the Artemis II crew, framing the ...