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NASA's Artemis II crew of four launched April 1 aboard the SLS rocket from Kennedy Space Center for a 10-day free-return trajectory around the Moon — the first crewed deep space flight since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
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Orig: NASA's Artemis II: First Crewed Lunar Flyby in Over 50 Years
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