Moonbound astronauts check out their ride at Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — There were no tires to kick, but the quartet of astronauts on the Artemis II mission that aims to fly around the moon next year got their first look Tuesday at the spacecraft that will take them there. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen flew into Kennedy Space Center to view the Orion capsule that will take them on the roughly nine-day mission. It’s still on track to fly in late November 2024. “That’s real. That’s it,” Hansen said Tuesday, pointing over his shoulder to the capsule set up at the end o...