A competitive edge with China and a possible lunar gold rush are twin goals behind Artemis II, experts tell the BBC.

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The president said the U.S. was winning "in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between" ahead of the mission launch in Florida.

This is not a drill — NASA’s Artemis II has launched and is bound for the moon — sending four astronauts into a deep space lunar flyby mission for the first time in over 50 years. The jubilant mood was reflected everywhere on social media.

Trump penned: "Tonight at 6:24 P.M. EST, for the first time in over 50 YEARS, America is going back to the Moon! Artemis II, among the most powerful rockets ever built, is launching our Brave Astronauts farther into Deep Space than any human has EVER gone."

NASA will host a public event outlining plans to return astronauts to the moon and build a lunar base under President Donald Trump's space policy.

NASA announced it will go back to the moon before the end of Donald Trump's term, and plans to build a three-stage moon base in the near future.

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Trump celebrated Artemis II as astronauts including Jeremy Hansen prepare to travel around the moon, the first crewed deep-space mission since 1972.