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Coverage dated August 26, 2022

NASA initiates two-day countdown for Artemis I mission

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By Zoe Sottile, CNN In just around 46 hours, the Artemis I rocket is set to take off for an uncrewed flight around the moon — and NASA is counting down the minutes. The countdown officially started at 9:53 a.m. on Saturday, according to a tweet from NASA’s Artemis account.

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  1. Local News 8

    NASA initiates two-day countdown for Artemis I mission (opens Local News 8)

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    By Zoe Sottile, CNN In just around 46 hours, the Artemis I rocket is set to take off for an uncrewed flight around the moon — and NASA is counting down the minutes. The countdown officially started at 9:53 a.m. on Saturday, according to a tweet from NASA’s Artemis account.

  2. Digital Journal

    The countdown has begun for NASA's Artemis 1 Mission (opens Digital Journal)

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    At 10:23 a.m. EDT (1423 GMT) today (Aug. 27), the countdown clock began ticking down to the planned launch of NASA's Artemis 1 mission.

  3. CBS News

    Countdown begins for NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission and maiden flight of SLS megarocket (opens CBS News)

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    The 46-hour, 10-minute countdown sets up a launch attempt at 8:33 a.m. EDT Monday at the opening of a two-hour window.

  4. Forbes

    NASA Starts Countdown To Historic Artemis Launch (opens Forbes)

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    The unmanned mission is expected to take 42 days and travel 1.3 million miles on its journey around the moon’s orbit.

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