Tomorrow, we launch. At sunset tonight, Artemis II waits on the pad, ready to carry astronauts potentially farther than any humans have traveled in more than half a century. The next era of exploration begins.

President Trump and Republicans funded NASA through the OBBB, which is what has made this possible. You voted against it.

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Liftoff. The Artemis II mission launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

ARTEMIS II HAS LAUNCHED 🚀 GODSPEED. 🇺🇸

Signal acquired! 📡 Engineers at NASA JPL have confirmed that the Orion spacecraft is communicating with the Deep Space Network. For the first time in over 50 years, we’re receiving a signal from a spacecraft carrying humans toward the Moon.

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Madden Orlovsky had a heartfelt message for his family and friends in honor of World Autism Awareness Day 🥹 This was a special moment for all of us at ESPN. Thanks, Madden and Dan Orlovsky ❤️

You killed the space program. It’s only because of President Trump this triumph is a reality.

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

With an assist on longtime teammate Evgeni Malkin's 1,400th point, Sidney Crosby surpassed Steve Yzerman for seventh-place on the NHL's all-time points list (1,756). Crosby now has the second-most points with a single team in NHL history.

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"Thanks to you and to the whole team on the ground for building on our Apollo legacy with Artemis." In addition to a wake-up song this morning, the Artemis II astronauts were treated to an audio message from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke.

Players with 21 point-per-game seasons: Sidney Crosby. End of list.

"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our NASA Artemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.

A new milestone for humankind: The crew of Artemis II are now the farthest any human has ever travelled, reaching a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth. This surpasses the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by about 4,102 miles.

The crew dedicating a lunar crater to Reid's late wife during the flyby was moving. What a sweet moment.