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Of note, this will also be the first human spaceflight from SLC-40 as KSC’s pad will be in preparation for the Europa Clipper launch in October.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The four astronauts involved in Artemis II — Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen — are expected to orbit the moon before returning home in what would be the farthest human spaceflight ever.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
There are other complications as well, which are related to the relatively small sample sizes and diversity of dangers involved in human spaceflight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Anyone who still insisted spaceflight was impossible now faced a question: Why had this contraption risen at all?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
The four astronauts involved in Artemis II — Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen — are expected to orbit the moon before returning home in what would be the farthest human spaceflight ever.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
There are other complications as well, which are related to the relatively small sample sizes and diversity of dangers involved in human spaceflight.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Anyone who still insisted spaceflight was impossible now faced a question: Why had this contraption risen at all?
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Spaceflight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceflight. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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spaceflight
noun
space·flight
ˈspās-ˌflīt 
: flight beyond the earth's atmosphere
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