NASA officials on Friday afternoon will update reporters on the progress of the Artemis II mission, the U.S.'s first crewed lunar mission in roughly five decades. The 10-day test flight that is expected to orbit the moon. The crew includes three U.S. astronauts and one other from Canada. At approximately 6:32 p.m. EDT, NASA launched Artemis II from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. President Trump, ahead of the Wednesday evening launch, celebrated the mission. "We are WINNING, in Space, on Earth, and everywhere in between — Economically, Militarily, and now, BEYOND THE STARS. Nobody comes close! America doesn’t just compete, we DOMINATE, and the whole World is watching," he wrote on Truth Social. "God bless our incredible…
NASA just posted one of the first photos from Artemis II , capturing "Spaceship Earth" in all its blue-and-white glory. - In the photo, taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman: Two auroras (top right and bottom left), plus "zodiacal light" in the bottom right. - That's sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. Driving the news: Artemis II is now Moonbound, with a six-hour lunar orbit planned for Monday. (Mission updates ... Live tracker .) - Newly added to the plan: A solar eclipse, with the Sun hidden behind the Moon from the crew's perspective. NASA calls it an "opportunity for them to look for flashes of light from meteoroids striking the Moon's surface, dust lofting above the edge of the Moon, and deep space targets, including…
NASA just posted one of the first photos from Artemis II , capturing "Spaceship Earth" in all its blue-and-white glory. - In the photo, taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman: Two auroras (top right and bottom left), plus "zodiacal light" in the bottom right. - That's sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. Driving the news: Artemis II is now Moonbound, with a six-hour lunar orbit planned for Monday. (Mission updates ... Live tracker .) - Newly added to the plan: A solar eclipse, with the Sun hidden behind the Moon from the crew's perspective. NASA calls it an "opportunity for them to look for flashes of light from meteoroids striking the Moon's surface, dust lofting above the edge of the Moon, and deep space targets, including…Open
NASA sent four astronauts Wednesday towards the moon on the Artemis II mission. The astronauts will orbit the Earth before being launched out for a lunar fly-by, marking the first time astronauts have left Earth's 'local neighborhood' since 1972. #nasa #artemis2 #moon
The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
