Why Artemis II crew will lose communications for part of their mission

Artemis II is now on a looping path that will carry the crew around the far side of the Moon and back again.

Nasa spacecraft halfway to the Moon as crew send back first images of earth

Astronauts heading to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years are currently more than 100,000 miles (160,930 kilometres) from Earth and in “good spirits”, according to Nasa officials.

58 tortillas, five hot sauces and one toilet: life aboard spacecraft Orion

They’re sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they’re just like us. The four crew members zipping through space toward the Moon are carrying out a mission unlike any before it, but they’re also still muddling on through life’s mundanities — all while they float around together in a square footage equivalent to two minivans. Mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman to venture into deep space, said preparing for the 1...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the Moon

The Artemis 2 astronauts passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft.