"We have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it."

"Historic Artemis II moon mission lifts off, amid US lunar race with China. After repeated setbacks, Nasa is sending four astronauts around the moon and further from Earth than ever before. Four astronauts blasted off on Wednesday for a trip around the moon, marking humankind's deepest venture into space in an odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of interstellar exploration. The mission, dubbed Artemis II, has been years in the making. It is Nasa's boldest step yet towards returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China's first crewed landing. But repeated setbacks stalled the mission and even necessitated rolling the rocket back to its hangar for analysis and repairs. The mission was originally due to take off as early as February."

"Newsweek reported an in-flight toilet malfunction—the Orion capsule's waste management system shut down after activation, forcing the crew to use a handheld backup urinal (the Collapsible Contingency Urinal)"

"Congress has appropriated roughly $93 billion for the Artemis program across FY2022–2025"