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Trump hypes moon mission as Artemis II prepares to lift off under pressure from past failures

President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated NASA’s Artemis II mission, which is set to send U.S. astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit for the first time in more than five decades."Tonight at 6:24 P.M. EST, for the first time in over 50 YEARS, America is going back to the Moon!," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Artemis II, among the most powerful rockets ever built, is launching our Brave Astronauts farther into Deep Space than any human has EVER gone. We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS. Nobody comes close!"America doe...