Artemis II launch steals the show at college softball game as players stare skyward in amazement

NASA’s first lunar voyage successful decades stole nan spotlight astatine a Florida softball game Wednesday night, arsenic players from some teams paused successful astonishment while 4 astronauts embarked connected a travel astir nan moon.

Florida Gators inferior subordinate Madison Walker pointed to nan sky, and Stetson University freshman Gaby Bauer stood astatine location sheet successful awe arsenic nan Artemis II satellite rocket lifted disconnected from nan Kennedy Space Center conscionable earlier 7 p.m.

After nan excitement settled, nan No. 7 seed Florida went connected to rout its in-state rival 8–2, marking nan Gators’ 14th consecutive triumph complete Stetson making love backmost to 2006. (IMAGN/ AP Newsroom)

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The crippled astatine Patricia Wilson Field successful DeLand, Florida, was only an hr distant from nan motorboat site, but nan rocket could still beryllium seen making its measurement done nan entity connected a travel expected to past astir 10 days. 

After nan excitement settled, nan No. 7 seed Florida went connected to rout its in-state rival 8–2, marking nan Gators’ 14th consecutive triumph complete Stetson making love backmost to 2006.

NASA's Artemis II satellite rocket lifts disconnected from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B successful Cape Canaveral, Fla., connected April 1, 2026. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

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 Meanwhile, nan historic lunar trip captivated astir of nan state connected Wednesday.

Three Americans and 1 Canadian took disconnected from nan Kennedy Space Center to nan satellite immoderate 248,000 miles away. The unit will sail past nan satellite different 4,000 miles earlier making a U-turn and returning home.

Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover be a invited ceremonial astatine Kennedy Space Center successful Florida connected March 27, 2026, up of nan Artemis II ngo motorboat scheduled for April 1, 2026. (Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP)

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The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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