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Wednesday's Florida launch brings the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program.

Chestnut Grove Elementary in Decatur AL held a ribbon cutting for their newly renovated library complete with a podcast studio, 3D printer and more.

The historic launch of NASAs Artemis 1 moon mission was saved by a courageous crew of technicians who performed a critical repair beneath the fueled rocket.

The fears that damage from 100 mph winds from Hurricane Nicole would derail NASA’s Artemis I launch proved unfounded as the $4.1 billion Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft blasted off from Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning.

Final preparations are underway in Florida as NASA tries for a third time to send the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test flight known as Artemis I.

NASA has begun fueling its Space Launch System rocket for the third attempt at a debut launch that will send the Orion spacecraft around the moon and back.

NASA says a risky repair job appears to have fixed the hydrogen fuel leak that threatened to delay a third attempt to send the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test flight known as Artemis I. But a separate issue is still being worked.

NASA is moving ahead toward launch of its new moon rocket at 1:04 a.m. EST Wednesday from Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

For the 3rd time, NASA will attempt to launch the Space Launch System rocket on its maiden voyage, marking the start of the Project Artemis missions.

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