Everything to know about NASA’s Artemis II moon mission
The Artemis II mission launched on April 1, sending four astronauts into space to test life-support systems and prepare for future lunar landings. The crew will travel around the moon and back to Earth, marking a critical step towards returning humans to the lunar surface and exploring Mars.
The Artemis II mission launched on April 1 at 6:35 p.m. from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts, including NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen, are on board. The mission aims to test life-support systems, navigation, and communications in preparation for future lunar landings. On the first day, the astronauts conducted system checks and tests, and fixed a glitch with the spacecraft's toilet. The crew will travel around the moon and back to Earth, but will not make a lunar landing this time. The mission is expected to take 10 days, with a translunar injection burn planned for April 2.
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