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NASA Artemis II Launch Video: WATCH Liftoff Of First Crewed Moon Mission In 50 years
Artemis 2 is the first mission to send astronauts beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since Apollo 17 did so way back in 1972. The current flight launched on April 1, sending NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency 's Jeremy Hansen aloft on board an Orion capsule that the astronauts named "Integrity."
NASA sends astronauts back into deep space as Artemis II crew and SLS rocket launch at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 1.
Now hurtling home from the moon, the Artemis II astronauts took a poignant page from Apollo 8 earlier this week, proposing deeply personal names for a pair of lunar craters. Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew asked permission to name one small,
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NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission breaks Apollo 13 distance record
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 crew in April 1970.
The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.
NASA has released new images of the moon taken by the Artemis II crew and revealed more about the astronauts' observations during the historic lunar flyby.