Moon fly-by sees astronauts regain contact with Earth and head for home

The Artemis II crew go further than any humans before in Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years.

Artemis II Astronauts Head Home After Historic Journey Around the Moon

The NASA lunar flyby took the four crew members farther from Earth than any humans. They witnessed a solar eclipse and received praise in a call from President Trump.

By Kenneth Chang, Katrina Miller and Thomas Fuller

Emotional Artemis II crew names moon crater 'Carroll' after Nasa commander's late wife - video

As the Artemis II mission approaches its lunar flyby, the crew shares an emotional moment as they call mission control to request a previously unnamed moon crater be dedicated to Carroll, the late wife of commander Reid Wiseman. 'It’s a bright spot on the moon, and we would like to call it Carroll,' mission specialist Jeremy Hansen says Artemis II sets new record as astronauts travel farther from Earth than ever before Continue reading...

By Guardian Staff

Memorable moments from the Artemis II mission: from a Microsoft Outlook outage to an emotional crater naming

The Artemis II mission surpassed the distance records set by the Apollo 13 mission. NASA/via REUTERS The Artemis II mission surpassed Apollo 13's distance record. NASA's Artemis II is conducting a 10-day lunar flyby to test future moon landing systems. The Artemis II mission launched from Kennedy Space Center after technical delays. NASA's first lunar flyby mission in more than 50 years is underway. The Artemis II mission launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 at 6:3...

Trump beams in to speak with NASA astronauts on their spacecraft after they circle the moon and head home to Earth

The four crew members of the Artemis II mission traveled about 252,760 miles away from Earth

By Rachel Dobkin

Floating Nutella jar on Artemis II spacecraft? NASA clarifies viral cabin footage

During the Artemis II livestream, a jar of Nutella floated inside the Orion spacecraft.

Artemis, the Moon and the case for utopia

Optimism about the future should not be a preserve of the past

By Séamas O'Reilly

Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment. The six-hour survey of the normally hidden hemisphere of Earth’s only natural satellite was highlighted by the astronauts’ direct visual observations of “impact flashes” from meteors pelting the darkened and heavily cratered lunar surface. About two dozen...

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Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before

The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a rare flyby of the shadowed far side of the moon that revealed a lunar surface under cosmic bombardment. The six-hour survey of the normally hidden hemisphere of Earth’s only natural satellite […]

Artemis crew re-emerges from Moon communication blackout

The four astronauts carrying out NASA's first lunar flyby in more than half-a-century have renewed communications and are sending back detailed observations of the Moon after travelling further from Earth than any human before.

Artemis II moon crew flies farther than humans have ever gone before

Record-breaking Artemis II mission unveils new details of the moon’s shadowed hemisphere

By Reuters

The battle for wealth on the Moon – What’s behind NASA’s “Artemis II” mission

How to "unlock" a trillion-dollar economy in space - Interlune's ambitious effort and other companies that "see" opportunities on our natural satellite - The pivotal role of Helium-3 The post The battle for wealth on the Moon – What’s behind NASA’s “Artemis II” mission appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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