NASA is hoping for a historic moon launch, not a punchline on April 1.
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After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century. Officials reported the moon rocket was doing well on the pad, and the weather looked promising. The four astronauts assigned to the Artemis II mission will become the first lunar visitors since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Named after spring blooms, April’s full pink moon rises Wednesday during the first night of the April launch window for the Artemis II human moon mission.
Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surface.
Additional discoveries made a the site included a bronze candelabrum and marble reliquary, both the largest of their kind to ever be found in Israel. A marble block with three half-sphere depressions was found beside a baptismal font, thought to possibly point to a lost stage of early Christian baptismal rites, was found in the ancient city of Hippos, not far from the Kinneret, according to a recent study.
"If an event is particularly bad, there are some places in the capsule, such as storage bays and down by the toilet, that the crew can go to."
The Artemis 2 astronauts will spend about 10 days flying to and from the moon, so they'll need to find creative ways to dine in a small space.
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