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Rhiannon12866

(255,856 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2026, 01:55 AM Friday

"For the first time since 1972...human beings have left Earth orbit." - C-SPAN [View all]

NASA's Lori Glaze on Artemis II: "For the first time since 1972, during Apollo 17, human beings have left Earth orbit." - 04/02/2026.

Full video here: https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/nasa-holds-news-conference-on-artemis-ii-launch/676750

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"For the first time since 1972...human beings have left Earth orbit." - C-SPAN [View all] Rhiannon12866 Friday OP

sorry, there is simply no reason lapfog_1 Friday #1

I admit that I was surprised to hear that we were going back to space Rhiannon12866 Friday #2