"The launch of Artemis II, scheduled for 6.24pm ET, marks the first time since the Apollo 17 mission of December 1972 that humans will have left lower Earth orbit."
"Two of the crew, Nasa's Christina Koch and Victor Glover, will become respectively the first woman and first person of color to fly into cislunar space."
"Collectively, Artemis II's Orion space capsule could fly them farther from Earth than any human being before them, reaching more than 4,600 miles beyond the far side of the moon."
"Before Donald Trump's return to office, Nasa celebrated the diversity of Artemis crews on its website, but dropped the recognition last year keeping with the president's executive order."
Artemis II is set to launch from Florida's space coast, marking the first crewed mission to leave lower Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. Scheduled for 6:24 PM ET, the mission includes a crew of three Americans and one Canadian. Christina Koch and Victor Glover will be the first woman and first person of color to enter cislunar space. The mission aims to break distance records, reaching over 253,000 miles from Earth. NASA previously celebrated diversity in its Artemis crews but has since removed such recognition following a federal directive.
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