NASA launched a mega rocket headed to a swing around the moon on Wednesday, marking a return human journey beyond Earth’s orbit for the first time in more than a half century.
“The crew of Artemis II now bound for the moon. Humanity’s next great voyage begins,” NASA launch commentator Derrol Nail said on the space agency’s livestream.
Broadcast and cable networks carried the launch, but in contrast to the Apollo launches of the 1960s and 70s, the liftoff didn’t get the same level of attention as those historic journeys. The launch was among a number of stories that dominated cable news headlines through the day, including the Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship and previews of Donald Trump’s planned primetime address on Iran later on Wednesday evening.
The mission is NASA’s first with astronauts to the moon since 1972, the final Apollo landing.
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