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And while it's not a moon landing, it will be the first time humans have been in lunar orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972.
NASA's Jeff Spalding says everybody is in a good mood.
Artemis II will also be the first crewed mission for NASA's Orion multipurpose vehicle, a taxpayer-funded next-generation space capsule, and the Space Launch System rockets.
The mission is expected to be 10 days in duration and will splash land in the Pacific Ocean off the San Diego coast.
In Miami, Eben Brown, Fox News.
Terry Pitchford was 18 years old when participating in a robbery of a Mississippi convenience store in 2004, resulting in the killing of the store owner.
The accomplice fired the killing shot.
But then prosecutor Doug Evans struck all but one of the jury picks who were black.
Pitchford's lawyers objected, accusing Evans of bias, but the judge allowed the trial to continue with only one black juror in a county where 40% of residents were African American.
Pitchford himself is black and was convicted and sentenced to die.
Pitchford's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to force a new trial.
Western Christians, inclusive of Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Episcopalians, mainline Protestants, Evangelicals, and Charismatics, mark today as Palm Sunday, commemorating the arrival of Jesus of Nazareth to Jerusalem.
It begins the events of the crucifixion narrative in Christian scripture and the Western tradition.
Concluding with Easter next Sunday, the name Palm Sunday refers to the greeting given to Jesus and his followers who were said to be carrying and waving palm fronds.
Orthodox Christians of varying Eastern rites will mark Palm Sunday next week and Easter the week following.
A 32-year-old flight attendant who works for American Airlines has yet to be found, last seen in Medellin, Colombia, Sunday during a weekend flight layover.
Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina is part of a Dallas-based crew.
Friends say Gutierrez, who is a U.S.