The four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission have left Earth’s orbit after Orion’s main engine fired flawlessly for a five‑minute, 55‑second translunar injection. The manoeuvre set the spacecraft on course for a looping path around the Moon, marking the first human journey beyond Earth’s orbit since 1972. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first non‑
Artemis II
American to travel to the Moon, said the crew was “feeling pretty good” and praised the perseverance behind the mission. Orion’s systems were thoroughly checked during a day in high Earth orbit before final approval for the burn. The service module’s powerful engine added thousands of kilometres per hour to Orion’s speed, sending Earth shrinking in the capsule’s window as humanity resumes lunar exploration, – Photo: NASA
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