NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully launched astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years. It is the opening shot of NASA's grand plans for a permanent moon base. PICS/PTI and X

NASA has begun rolling out the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, marking a key milestone ahead of its upcoming crewed Moon mission. (PICS/ AFP) (INFO: NASA)