Artemis II astronauts fly around Moon
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As the Artemis II mission makes history, a woman who grew up in Austin is playing a key role in getting four astronauts around the moon and back.
The Artemis II crew offically entered a historic communications blackout Monday as their spacecraft slipped behind the Moon's far side, breaking distance records.
The Artemis II crew managed to find time to watch Ryan Gosling’s new film Project Hail Mary before they set out on their historic trip to the Moon. “We were all really lucky. We got to watch Project Hail Mary when we were in quarantine,” astronaut Jeremy Hansen told SpaceQ on Sunday.
The first humans to travel around the moon in more than 50 years experience hours of scientific wonder — and moments of deep emotion.
President Trump praised the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a brief chat late Monday, saying they had "inspired the entire world" after they looped around the moon in a record-breaking voyage.
As they broke the record for farthest distance from Earth ever traveled by an astronaut, NASA's Artemis 2 crew took a moment to dedicate a few features on the moon's surface for their spacecraft and
The astronauts on Artemis II will observe parts of the moon rarely seen by human eyes. A NASA planetary scientist said it will offer a vital perspective for lunar research.