COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – A towering rocket lit up the Florida sky as Artemis II blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, sending four astronauts on a ten-day mission around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Astronomer Gary Boyle said the mission marks a long-awaited step forward for space exploration.
“It’s really overdue. And space exploration really isn’t just going to the moon, picking up rocks, bringing them back. It’s technology,” Boyle said…