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NASA is planning to launch a rocket from Florida this week to resupply the International Space Station. Here's when and where to watch liftoff.

Nasa officials are ensuring “they don’t take their eye off the ball” as astronauts near their return to Earth after travelling deeper into space than anyone before. The Artemis II crew, who successfully completed a test flight around the Moon,