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Artemis II's mission to the moon begins

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NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Cady Coleman, a former NASA astronaut and retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, about the mission to the moon, what the crew will be doing this weekend and Moon Day on Monday. Cady is also the author of the book “Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change.”

This segment aired on April 3, 2026.

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