'Moonshots' and merch - what it's like to be on Florida's Space Coast ahead of Artemis launch
Huge crowds are gathering around the Kennedy Space Centre to see the launch of the historic moon mission.
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"In our lifetime, we've looked at the Moon knowing that people had been there. And now in the Artemis generation, kids will walk out and look at the Moon going, we are there."
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Huge crowds are gathering around the Kennedy Space Centre to see the launch of the historic moon mission.
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