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NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts shared a heartfelt six-word message with Earth before entering a planned communication blackout during their historic moon mission

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Artemis II has broken the 55-year human distance record and gone dark behind the Moon - after astronauts described the far side as 'squiggles' and craters

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The crew of the historic space mission are paving the way for future trips to the Moon.

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Launched on April 1, Artemis II is the first crewed lunar mission since 1972 and the first to carry humans aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft.

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EXCLUSIVE: Dr Helen Sharman, the first British person in space, said: "These astronauts will go into a high Earth orbit, where they'll be tens of thousands of kilometres high. Then they'll be able to see the whole of the Earth in one go. That's amazing."

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The moment it cleared the tower it became more than a launch.

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The following video explains what will occur on the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17.

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A new era of space exploration is on the horizon.

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The team compiled what they describe as a "catalogue of opportunity" - a shortlist of worlds sitting in the so-called habitable zone, where conditions may allow liquid water to exist.

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OPINION - JUDY FINNIGAN: We should never forget exactly what we mean when we say we're sending someone to space

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