The first manned mission to the Moon in more than 50 years is expected to take off on Wednesday, starting at 18:24 local time (23:24 BST). Around Florida's Kennedy Space Centre launch site, more than 400,000 people will be hoping to catch a glimpse of the Artemis II crew blasting into space for their 10-day trip. "People going up to the Moon is kind of cool," eight-year-old Isiah told my colleagues, while another visitor shared his memories of the last Moon landing in 1972. The four astronauts expected to board the Orion capsule won't land on the Moon. But their historic journey is already leaving a trail of widespread excitement.

As a formerly publicly owned company, Air Canada is seen as one of the country's national symbols. So when its CEO Michael Rousseau stuck to English during his condolences to the pilots who died in a crash in New York last month, his unilingualism drew strong criticism, especially in French-speaking Quebec.