The monarch was diagnosed with cancer in 2024.

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century arrived at their launch site Friday, joining the towering rocket that stands poised to blast off next week and send them around the moon. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman flew in with his three crewmates from Houston. NASA's new administrator Jared Isaacman greeted the astronauts as they emerged from their T-38 training jets at Kennedy Space Center.

Comet 3I/ATLAS recently emerged from behind the glare of the sun to become visible to ground-based telescopes.