Artemis II Astronauts Prepare to Circle the Full "Pink" Moon

By Karen Curtis
The super full pink Moon 2021

France. Seine et Marne. View of the super full pink Moon. Image taken during the night of 26/27th april 2021.Photo: Christophe Lehenaff / Moment / Getty Images

(Cape Canaveral, FL) - Four astronauts are scheduled to blast off on this April Fool's Day and circle the first full moon of the month.

Wednesday night's full moon is called the Pink Moon because it coincides with the spring blooming of pink wildflowers.

The full moon ushers in Easter week and also coincides with the scheduled launch of NASA's Artemis Two lunar mission.

The two-hour launch window begins at 6:24pm Eastern at Cape Canaveral and will take four astronauts on two trips around the Earth before orbiting the moon.

It will be the first crewed mission to the moon since 1972.

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