Artemis II launched on 2 April at 00:35 CEST, (18:35 local time on 1 April), sending astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.

People who seem fearless in conversations haven't conquered their fear of social rejection — they've simply calculated that the accumulating weight of silence is worse than any momentary discomfort of honesty, a trade-off rooted in ancient neural alarm systems that evolved to treat social exclusion as a survival threat.

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The kind of ambition that can't pause to celebrate isn't always drive — sometimes it's a survival strategy disguised as success, fueled by hedonic adaptation and early lessons that stillness was dangerous.

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At 00:35 CEST today (18:35 local time on 1 April), NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. At the heart of the mission is ESA's European Service Module, which powers, propels and sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey around the Moon and safely back to Earth.

SpaceX has taken a key step toward going public after confidentially filing for a potentially record-breaking initial public offering, according to multiple reports citing people familiar with the matter, in what space leaders hope is a watershed moment for the industry.

The Artemis 2 mission will send humans to the vicinity of the moon for the first time in more than 50 years on a mission lasting almost 10 days.