Astrophiles are eagerly awaiting the launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Artemis II on Wednesday, which is set to be the most powerful rocket launch on record and will send human beings back toward the moon for the first time in over 50 years.

On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after liftoff. Pilot Michael Smith's final words revealed something was very wrong.

The Artemis II mission around the moon will be a brilliant last hurrah for several space shuttle engines and booster rocket parts that first flew as far back as 1982.

Artemis II is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, April 1, at 6:24 p.m. EDT. If, for whatever reason, the launch does not occur at exactly that time, the crew has a two-hour window to execute it.

On April 12, 1981, the first space shuttle lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. At the exact same time in Alpena, Ella White elementary school fourth grader Corey Brooker watched in anticipation as the shuttle launched,

Audiences, especially modern audiences, are keen to find inaccuracies in films and TV shows. Sometimes, not always, those inaccuracies are intentional.