‘Full Send’—NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Moon Flight - WSJ

‘Full Send’—NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Moon Flight  WSJ

Nasa’s Artemis crew gets green light to make big push to the moon

Nasa gave the four Artemis astronauts circling Earth the green light on Thursday to head for the moon and carry out the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years. Nasa Flight Director Jeff Radigan told the astronauts the mission management team had approved firing up the engine of their Orion capsule to send the spacecraft on a trajectory towards the moon. The 5 min and 49 second burn is scheduled to take place at 7.49pm Eastern Time and send the astronauts out of Earth orbit to begin t...

By Agence France-Presse

Artemis astronauts await green light for lunar orbit

The four Artemis astronauts circling Earth are awaiting the green light from NASA to head for the Moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

NASA gives Artemis crew green light to head towards Moon

“Artemis II astronauts are doing great. The Orion spacecraft is performing well in an impressive elliptical orbit,” said NASA chief Jared Isaacman.