After an action-packed first two days, Flight Day 3 may bring a more relaxed pace for the Artemis 2 moon astronauts.
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For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s main engine. With the approximately six-minute firing of the spacecraft’s service module engine on Thursday, known as the translunar injection burn, Orion and its crew of […]
Artemis 2’s Orion capsule aced a critical engine burn this evening (April 2) that sent it from Earth orbit outward toward the moon.
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Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. See more launch […]
NASA’s Artemis 2 has launched on a history-making journey around the moon and back, and the moment was captured from space.
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You can follow the Artemis 2 astronaut mission around the moon in real time, thanks to a NASA website.
NASA’s Artemis II mission is already pretty historic as the agency’s first crewed journey around the moon in more than half a century. But tucked inside all the big-picture lunar ambition is a much more grounded milestone, with astronauts finally getti…
Artemis 2 is gearing up for a critical engine burn this evening (April 2), which will send the mission’s four astronauts on a looping journey around the moon.
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It wasn’t their No. 1 problem, but it was a problem for going number one.