April 1, 2026, at 6:35 p.m. EST, marked the beginning of the next space craze. “Four brave explorers, ready to ride the most powerful rocket NASA has ever launched,” said Derrol Nail, the NASA commentator for the Artemis II launch. “And here we go. Ten, nine, eight, seven. RS-25 engines lit. Four, three, two, one, booster ignition, and liftoff.” With these famous words — the ones heard at every space launch dating back to the Apollo missions — t…
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