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With weather conditions currently at 80% favourable, NASA is launching the Artemis 1 mission today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window opens at 8.33am EDT (10.33pm AEST).

The second attempt to launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has been scrubbed.

MERRITT ISLAND: Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji.

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‘Our goal isn’t to just go visit a place, it’s to bring the solar system and beyond into our economic realm’

A successful launch will a major milestone for NASA as it works to send people back to the lunar surface.

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars.

Nasa is preparing to launch Artemis-1, a mission that will begin the space agency’s plan to return to the Moon.

Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is "a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Joanne Bostandji. The 45-year-old has traveled all the way from northern England to Florida with her husband and two children for a space-themed vacation, and they're prepared to make sure they don't miss a second…

NASA aims to take a giant leap forward in its renewed lunar ambitions with the launch set for Monday of its next-generation mega-rocket, the Space Launch System.