NASA, Artemis II and Florida launch
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The Artemis II mission around the moon will be a brilliant last hurrah for several space shuttle engines and booster rocket parts that first flew as far back as 1982.
Many things have changed since the 1960s. At 13:24:59 Central Standard Time on December 19 1972, the Apollo 17 command module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, about 350 nautical miles south-east of Samoa, concluding the last mission to the Moon.
The Artemis II astronauts arrived to Kennedy Space Center on Friday with a chance to launch as early as next Wednesday.