NASA’s longstanding project, Artemis I, has finally taken off, “to the moon and beyond.” It was launched at roughly 1:47 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The rocket is unmanned and will be traveling a whopping 1.3 million miles around the moon.
Experts say we can expect humans to be back on the moon by 2025 or 2026. “This is a reflection and continuation of the Apollo program and its generation. Apollo was about doing, and that’s what Artemis is all about: doing. It’s what inspires people,” said Gregory R. Wiseman, NASA’s chief astronaut told The Daily Beast.
Red tide rises on West Coast of Florida
Red tide levels have reached a new high this week. Red tide is a harmful algae bloom caused by a higher-than-normal concentration of a microscopic algae called Karena brevis. Manatee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Lee Counties are all reporting an increase in red tide blooms with over a million cells per litter.
“It makes it very hard for the area to recover,” said ecology and evolutionary biology masters student Sofia Ocampo. “Especially in south Florida, that thrives off of tourism to our beaches and a lot of fishing and stuff like that. It’s really, really detrimental to humans in the area.”
Red tide can also negatively affect people who go to the beach. Swimming in red tide can cause skin irritation and burning eyes.
Chrisovaladou Pantelis contributed the report on the red tide.
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