President Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated the American return to lunar missions with the Artemis II voyage, set to begin Wednesday evening.

The Artemis II mission will see four astronauts fly past the moon and return to Earth after looping around the planet's sole natural satellite, the Associated Press reported.

"Tonight at 6:24 P.M. EST, for the first time in over 50 YEARS, America is going back to the Moon! Artemis II, among the most powerful rockets ever built, is launching our Brave Astronauts farther into Deep Space than any human has EVER gone," he posted on Truth Social.

"We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS," he added. "Nobody comes close! America doesn’t just compete, we DOMINATE, and the whole World is watching. God bless our incredible Astronauts, God bless NASA, and God bless the Greatest Nation ever to exist, the United States of America!"

The U.S. last landed astronauts on the moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 17 mission.

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