The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket lifts off Nov. 16, 2022, from launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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NASA successfully launched the Artemis I rocket Nov. 16, sending an uncrewed Orion space capsule to the moon. This was the first launch of NASA's new Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V rocket during the Apollo program. The much-delayed launch is a crucial part of the Artemis program's effort to send astronauts back to the moon by 2025; more broadly, the United States is using the program to influence space governance...
