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All times are Eastern.",null,{"title":32,"url":33,"domain":34,"snippet":35,"content":30},"NASA’s Artemis II Marks a New Era of Human Spaceflight","https:\u002F\u002Flamag.com\u002Fnews\u002Fnasas-artemis-ii-marks-a-new-era-of-human-spaceflight\u002F","lamag.com","NASA's Artemis II sends astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 50 years, testing spacecraft systems for future lunar landings.",{"title":37,"url":38,"domain":39,"snippet":40,"content":30},"Artemis II launches historic flyby lunar mission with diverse crew","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.france24.com\u002Fen\u002Famericas\u002F20260401-artemis-ii-launches-historic-flyby-lunar-mission-with-diverse-crew","france24.com","Four astronauts – three Americans and one Canadian – blasted off Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II, humanity's first lunar flight in over 50 years.",{"title":42,"url":43,"domain":44,"snippet":45,"content":30},"This California 8-year-old designed a ‘zero gravity indicator’ used in Artemis II moon mission","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.latimes.com\u002Fcalifornia\u002Fstory\u002F2026-04-02\u002Fartemis-ii-california-8-year-old-rise-zero-gravity-indicator","latimes.com","When Artemis II took off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, it had one especially cute crew member aboard — Rise, a stuffed toy created by an...",{"title":47,"url":48,"domain":49,"snippet":50,"content":30},"NASA's Moon flyby mission primed for launch","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nbcrightnow.com\u002Fnational\u002Fnasas-moon-flyby-mission-primed-for-launch\u002Farticle_a1ffde11-51b6-5349-bf4e-2009c9b89d06.html","nbcrightnow.com","Four astronauts are set to embark Wednesday on the first crewed journey around the Moon since 1972, an odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of.",{"title":52,"url":53,"domain":54,"snippet":55,"content":30},"Artemis Mission Launches; Most Ambitious Manned Exploration of Space in Over 50 years","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thecommonsense.co.za\u002Fglobal\u002Fartemis-mission-launches-most-ambitious-manned-exploration-of-space-in-over-50-years","thecommonsense.co.za","NASA rocket successfully launched with astronauts expected to reach the Moon on Monday.",{"title":57,"url":58,"domain":59,"snippet":60,"content":30},"Artemis II bound for the moon in historic lunar mission","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.smh.com.au\u002Fnational\u002Fastronauts-are-again-bound-for-the-moon-their-mission-could-be-a-game-changer-for-mankind-20260331-p5zk5u.html","smh.com.au","The giant rocket is due to blast off this morning as humans prepare to return to the Moon for the first time in 53 years. The new era of lunar travel isn't...",{"title":62,"url":63,"domain":64,"snippet":65,"content":30},"Artemis II Liftoff in April Challenges Ongoing American Lunar Dominance and Strengthens Trust in Aerospace","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bitget.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdetail\u002F12560605317670","bitget.com","Artemis II: Ushering in a New Era of Lunar ExplorationSet for April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT, Artemis II represents a significant leap forward in space exploratio...",{"title":67,"url":68,"domain":69,"snippet":70,"content":30},"EXPERT REACTION: NASA ready to launch first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.scimex.org\u002Fnewsfeed\u002Fexpert-reaction-nasareadyto-launch-first-crewed-mission-to-the-moon-in-53-years","scimex.org","NASA is preparing to launch four astronauts on a trip to orbit the moon this week, in what will be their first crewed mission to the moon in 53 years.",{"title":72,"url":73,"domain":74,"snippet":75,"content":30},"From Greek Myth to Space Mission: Why NASA Named Its Moon Program Artemis","https:\u002F\u002Forbitaltoday.com\u002F2026\u002F03\u002F30\u002Ffrom-greek-myth-to-space-mission-why-nasa-named-its-moon-program-artemis\u002F","orbitaltoday.com","Why did NASA name its Moon program Artemis? 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