Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman looks out one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows at the moon ahead of the crew's lunar flyby. After successfully looping around the moon, the space capsule is now headed back toward Earth.
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The Artemis II mission successfully continued its lunar flyby path, passing the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon, NASA has said. Artemis II astronauts are the first to fly towards the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
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NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit, and 4 astronauts now head to the moon Audio will be available later today. In this photo provided by NASA, a view of the Earth from NASA's Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight on Thursday.
The Artemis II mission rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, carrying four astronauts on a historic mission to the moon.
The Artemis II crew — which includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is on its way to the moon. Here's what to expect over the roughly 10-day mission.
The Artemis II crew includes three NASA astronauts — Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen. The four crew members are slated to launch as early as Wednesday, April 1 at 6:24 p.m. Eastern time.