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NASA astronauts have launched on a historic journey to the moon

NASA's long-awaited Artemis II mission launched Wednesday with four astronauts on board. Their capsule is orbiting Earth, and if everything checks out, NASA will send them off toward the moon.

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Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent.