NASA, Apollo and Artemis
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Plans are in place for the crew of Artemis 2 to try to replicate one of the most famous images ever taken from space — Apollo 8's shot of Earth rising over the moon's horizon.
The Artemis II mission represents the first time astronauts have launched beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
The company that built critical component switches for the Apollo missions starting in the 1960s is the company still doing it for Artemis II.
When Apollo 12, NASA's second lunar landing mission, launched from Kennedy Space Center, the space vehicle was struck by lightning— twice.