Manned mission to moon fires engines to leave Earth's orbit

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2026-04-03

London (PA Media/dpa) - NASA's first manned moon mission in more than five decades fired its rockets to break out of Earth's orbit. NASA deputy associate administrator Lori Glaze told a news conference: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am so, so excited to be able to tell you that for the first time since 1972 during Apollo 17, human beings have left Earth orbit." The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florid......

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