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NASA will start hot fire testing Wednesday for the production of new RS-25 engines that will power future Artemis missions to the Moon, and eventually Mars.

In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 Space Launch System launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in its design, construction, assembly, and flight.

It's been a half-century since humans last set foot on the Moon. But Apollo 17 served as a fantastic swan song for the ambitious program.

The Artemis I mission brought Orion on its closest approach to the moon while blasting out on its way to an orbit that will take it farther from the Earth than any previous human-rated spacecraft.

That inside mission control they have just gotten all systems go for launch. so unless something just absolutely crazy happens, the thing is about to light and lift off. it will head for the moon, it is going to go on a 26-day mission, it will circle the moon and then land back, splash down sometime around mid december in the pacific ocean. if all goes well, it will return american astronauts to the moon for the first time since the apollo program, and for the very first women and first person o...

The words from nasa, we rise together back to the moon, and beyond. what do those words and the pictures you are seeing now, what do they mean for you? >> can you hear me, leroy? >> yes. sorry. i did not know that was for me. this is a very exciting moment. the launch of a new vehicle, this is the beginning of the hopefully effort to return humans to the moon, and so an exciting evening for everyone. >> yeah, but, one, you know, we saw lots of problems, and so what we are seeing now the artemis ...

Live updates leading up to Artemis I launch window that opens 1:04 a.m. Wednesday: A liquid hydrogen leak in the mobile launcher forced NASA to send technicians to the launch pad.

With oxygen leaks, but you know, you have been able to surmount that for the program, part of what youre seeing now is a vehicle that has many components that are either directly from or derived from the space shuttle program, that also people who have or are dealing with this for the first time so theres been quite a gap between the end of the shuttle program and this launch tonight. but, you can see that the teams are coming up to speed, and they are able to now deal with the same problems we ...

Live updates leading up to Artemis I launch window that opens 1:04 a.m. Wednesday: Cryogenic fuel loading of core stage has begun.

A huge piece of Florida history, from the days when Disney World had only two parks, has been found in waters off the coast of Canaveral.