NASA Artemis II flight day 3: Astronauts travel away from Earth, prepare for moon flyover
The four Artemis II astronauts were traveling away from Earth and toward the moon on Friday night in NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
The four Artemis II astronauts were traveling away from Earth and toward the moon on Friday night in NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
After a successful rocket launch at Cape Canaveral, NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program continued making strides on Thursday, while in the elliptical orbit around Earth.
NASA’s Artemis program focuses on the moon and Mars. Artemis I was a flight test.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was preparing to make history with a rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.