Washington, April 1 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren issued the following press release:
Today, NASA's Space Launch System and the Orion crew capsule carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen successfully launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to embark on its ten day journey. The Artemis II mission will take the astronauts to low Earth orbit to test out key systems before journeying toward and around moon for the first time in over 50 years.
"Congratulations to NASA and its partners on this magnificent feat," said Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). "I am thrilled that NASA and its industry and international partners turned the corner in returning our heroic astronauts to...