NASA's Artemis 2 mission brought astronauts to the moon on Monday (April 6), and the implications are far-reaching both scientifically and emotionally.

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As NASA’s Artemis II mission reached the moon, the world remembered a similar lunar flyby more than 50 years ago. During the Apollo 8 mission, astronaut William Anders took the first color photo of Earth from space.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission was the first to launch astronauts to the moon in more than 50 years. But that was just the first of the firsts for this mission.