Deep Space Travel

The Artemis II mission has started its 10-day journey around the moon

The Artemis II mission, carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, has begun its 10-day journey around the moon. Launched from Kennedy Space Center, this marks the first crewed Artemis flight and a return to deep space exploration since the Apollo program. The mission includes testing the Orion spacecraft's manual piloting capabilities for future lunar landers.