After years of frustrating delays, NASA 's Artemis II mission is about to launch astronauts to the lunar environment for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, taking the next big step to...

NASA 's Artemis II rocket took off in a blaze of glory on it's mission to the moon from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday afternoon.

The custom suits are equipped with survival gear in case the crew has to exit the spacecraft after splashdown — and are easily visible in the ocean.