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Retired NASA astronaut Mike Fossum calls Artemis II launch a "historic moment" for America

2 days ago March 31, 2026

Retired NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, who currently serves as the vice president of Texas A&M University, will be traveling to the Kennedy Space Center to watch his friends - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen - embark on a "historic" journey around the Moon and back on April 1, 2026.

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