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NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launch

"Our time is coming. And we hope that that is on Wednesday," said Mike Sarafin, the manager of the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission, at NASA headquarters. The weather promises to be favorable, with an 80 percent chance of launch during a two hour window that begins at 1:04 am local time (0604 GMT). As expected, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA's first female launch director, gave her go-ahead on Tuesday afternoon to begin fueling operations.

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Named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, the new space program comes 50 years after humans last set foot on lunar soil. It will be the first launch of the 32-story tall Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever designed by NASA.