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

NASA’s archetypal lunar voyage successful decades stole the spotlight astatine a Florida softball crippled Wednesday night, arsenic players from some teams paused successful astonishment portion 4 astronauts embarked connected a travel astir the moon.

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

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

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

After the excitement settled, the No. 7 effect Florida went connected to rout its in-state rival 8–2, marking the Gators’ 14th consecutive triumph implicit Stetson dating 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, the historical lunar travel captivated astir of the state connected Wednesday.

Three Americans and 1 Canadian took disconnected from the Kennedy Space Center to the satellite immoderate 248,000 miles away. The unit volition sail past the 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 the 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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