For the first time in 50 years, human beings are more than 1,000 miles away from Earth as the historic Artemis II mission continues. The four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen — are currently circling the Earth and preparing for a potential translunar injection later today. As they look toward the moon, NASA also shared a picture looking back at the Earth, which appears as a crescent in the black of space. The picture shared by NASA is a screenshot from the Orion livestream, available via YouTube. It shows part of the Orion spacecraft as it travels around the Earth. Mashable 101 Fan Fave: Nominate your favorite creators today The picture calls to mind another iconic NASA photograph, known as "Earthrise." Taken by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders on Dec. 24, 1968, the famous "Earthrise" photograph depicts the Earth rising above the ghostly lunar horizon. "Earthrise" is one of the most famous space photographs ever taken. Apollo 8 astronauts were the first to orbit the moon, and thus the first-ever humans to witness Earthrise in person. And like the Apollo 8 as
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It was a heroâs welcome for the four-person Artemis II crew following a textbook splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening. The astronauts arrived Saturday at Ellington Field at Johnson Space Center in Houston to cheers, a…
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It was a heroâs welcome for the four-person Artemis II crew following a textbook splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening. The astronauts arrived Saturday at Ellington Field at Johnson Space Center in Houston…
Read original at CNN →Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trumpâs proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program The astronauts onboard Artemis II were âalmost poetsâ, Nasaâs administrator, Jared…
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Read original at TechCrunch →Many of us can't go anywhere without our smartphones, and neither do the astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft. The historic Artemis II mission sent four brave astronauts 248,655 miles away from Earth, a historic…
Read original at Mashable →Before four Artemis II astronauts strapped into their Orion capsule to soar toward the moon, a tiny bit of each of them was already on board. Incubated in a small triangular container stowed on the spacecraft just…
Read original at CNN →Orion will slam into Earth's atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, in what NASA expects to be the most demanding part of the Artemis II moon mission. On landing day, Artemis II entry flight director Rick…
Read original at Mashable →“I think the biggest value here is the PR. I mean, it’s getting the public excited.” The data pipeline from NASA’s Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon on…
Read original at Ars Technica →The Artemis 2 mission completed a historic lunar flyby on Monday. As the Orion spacecraft flew around the Moon, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen made…
Read original at Gizmodo →It was a moment for the history books: The Artemis II mission performed its much anticipated lunar flyby yesterday, and came within just 4,067 miles of the moon. While soaring aboard their Orion capsule beyond the far…
Read original at CNN →All the news of NASA’s Artemis program, the agency’s attempt to return humans to the Moon Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen have surpassed Apollo 13’s record for the greatest distance a…
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Read original at Fox News →The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission currently hurtling through space have had a largely quiet journey so far. Very few in-flight issues have cropped up that could disrupt their peace of mind. The Artemis II…
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