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The Artemis II crew includes three NASA astronauts — Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen. The four crew members are slated to launch as early as Wednesday, April 1 at 6:24 p.m. Eastern. If successful, it would mark the first time humans have visited the moon in more than 50 years. Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images hide caption
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