Artemis II Launches on Apple’s 50th Anniversary

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The first crewed lunar journey since Apollo 17 in 1972 — coincident, by accident, with Apple turning fifty.

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April 2, 2026

Official Artemis II crew portrait. Photo: NASA, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do you know what else happened on the same day Apple celebrated its 50th anniversary? Artemis II launched, marking humanity’s first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years, the first since Apollo 17 in 1972 [1].

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[1] “Highlights From the Launch of NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission.” The New York Times, April 1, 2026. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/01/science/moon-nasa-artemis-launch

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