Historic Artemis II moon mission lifts off, amid US lunar race with China

Four astronauts lifted off on Wednesday on a trip around the moon marking humankind’s deepest venture into space, an odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of interstellar exploration. The Nasa mission dubbed Artemis II has been years in the making after facing repeated setbacks and massive cost overruns. Anxiety briefly spiked when less than two hours before the launch window was to open, Nasa said engineers identified a technical issue related to the rocket’s flight termination...