Artemis Two: First Crewed Moon Mission in 50 Years

0:00It's April 1st. I'm Corey with the story, and this is Global News Today World News powered by AI. NACA kicked off fueling its massive space-launched system rocket, Wednesday, at Cape Canaveral, prepping for the first crewed moon mission in over 50. Years with Artemis 2. The 32-story beast needs more than 700,000 gallons of super-cold fuel loaded up before the four astronauts strap in for Anne. Evening liftoff, after hydrogen leaks scrapped the test count down earlier this year. This crew commander, Reed Wiseman, Christina Koch, as the first woman moonbound. Victor Glover, the first black astronaut, headed there, and Canadian. Jeremy Hansen, the first non-American, will loop around the moon without landing or orbiting. They'll smash the record for humans far this from Earth. Swinging about 4,000 miles past the lunar surface before splashing down in the Pacific, marking the kickoff to NASA's push for permanent moonbase and a South Pole landing by 2028.

1:00Meanwhile, good weather's in the forecast. Best wishes are rolling in from folks like England's King Charles, and the team's locked-in humanities next. Big leap is go time.