NASA just released their press release on the successful launch of Artemis II: --- Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT Wednesday, sending four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecr...

> both the Orion crew capsule and Space Launch System rocket, which were built by industry partners including Lockheed Martin and Boeing, respectively, have been billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule — a fact that has prompted some scathing reports from NASA’s Inspector General. > The 2028 Mars mission, which Isaacman called Space Reactor‑1 Freedom — or SR-1 Freedom — would put nuclear electric propulsion technology to use in space for the first time. Isaacman has been a v...