00:00They're on their way. On the 1st. April 2026, at 6.35 p.m. local time, the Space Launch System,
00:08SLS for short, with nearly 4,000 tons of thrust, lifted off from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy
00:16Space Center. On board, the three NASA astronauts. Commander Reed Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover,
00:23Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Four humans, 10 days,
00:29the first crewed flight beyond Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972. After a brief 54-year
00:38hiatus, there is finally a crew out there again.
