Although it has been nearly a week since the four Artemis II astronauts completed their mission around the moon, the crew said Thursday that they have not yet fully come down to Earth mentally or been able to reflect on the big moments of their journey. “I haven’t spent a lot of time processing all…
By Evan Garcia HOUSTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby said they were as impressed as the public by the stunning celestial imagery caught on camera. NASA photography and video trainers Paul Reichert and…
HOUSTON (AP) — Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for its upcoming “fireball” return and reflected on their historic journey around the moon, describing it as surreal and profound. As the next-to-last day of their flight dawned Thursday, humanity’s first lunar explorers in more than half a…
Media will have an opportunity at 9:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 8, to speak with NASA’s Artemis II crew members as they continue their journey toward Earth during their historic mission around the Moon. The 20-minute virtual news conference will take place with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA…
Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight around the Moon made history at 12:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, traveling 248,655 miles from Earth, surpassing the record for human spaceflight’s farthest distance previously set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. At its farthest point, crew inside the Orion spacecraft will have traveled about 252,760…
As of this moment, Artemis II is still a go for launch early this evening. The last time astronauts went around the far side of the moon was more than 50 years ago, and if things go as scheduled the crew will eventually be the farthest any human beings have ever traveled into space: …
The four-person crew of Artemis II is at Kennedy Space Center in Florida preparing to lift off and travel to the moon as early as Wednesday — and getting ready for any hurdles space may throw at them. The astronauts’ round-trip space journey will cover nearly half a million miles over nine days. They will…
NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon as early as April 1, it announced Thursday. Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said teams are on track to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft back to the launch pad at Florida’s…
