NASA's Moon Mission: First Crewed Flight in 50 Years

0:00NASA is gearing up for a huge launch Wednesday, sending four astronauts on a ten-day trip around the moon, the first crewed mission there in over 50 years. The Orion capsule on top of the space launch system rocket blasts off at 6.24 pm from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This Artemis two-flight is the big test run for getting humans back to the lunar neighborhood. The crews led by Reed Wiseman, with pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Kristina Kock and Canadian Jeremy Hansen. They'll zip past the moon's far side on April 6th, farther out than any humans before. Early on, Glover demos close maneuvers near rocket parts, key for future moon landings. This mission packs firsts, coax the first woman to fly near the moon, Glover the first black astronaut, and Hansen the first Canadian. It's all part of Artemis, aiming to land folks by 2028 and build a long-term base with a $30 billion plan over a decade.

1:00Meanwhile, America's racing China, whose eyeing lunar astronauts by decades end and already landed on the moon's far side, the program space delays and cost overruns, but leaders say human space fights nasa's heart echoing Apollo days. After the fly by, gravity slings them home for a Pacific splashdown on day 10, with Navy divers ready to fish them out, paving the way for moon boots, back on lunar soil soon. Grab wraps of Vancouver News today, brought to you with AI.