NASA is set to make history Wednesday evening as it launches Artemis II, the first crewed mission to travel toward the moon in more than 50 years.

Nasa is scheduled to send humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years on Wednesday, marking the next step in its plans to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.

Towering taller than the Statue of Liberty, NASA's 322-foot Space Launch System rocket — featuring an orange core stage flanked by twin white solid rocket boosters — rumbled skyward off pad 39B at Ken...