Why isn't Artemis II landing on the Moon?

The US is aiming to be the first country to land humans on the lunar surface again by 2028 - so what's this mission for?

NASA Astronauts Gearing Up for Final Engine Push in Path to Moon - Bloomberg.com

NASA Astronauts Gearing Up for Final Engine Push in Path to Moon  Bloomberg.com

‘Full Send’—NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Moon Flight - WSJ

‘Full Send’—NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Moon Flight  WSJ

Artemis II astronauts rocket towards the moon after breaking free of Earth’s orbit

Spacecraft’s engine fired up for six minutes to propell astronauts on their three-day voyage towards Earth’s natural satellite The four Artemis astronauts fired up their spacecraft’s engine to break away from Earth’s orbit and zoomed towards the moon on Thursday, a milestone that commits Nasa to the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half-a-century. With enough thrust to accelerate a stationary car to highway driving speed in less than three seconds, the Orion capsule engine blasted the as...

By Agence France-Presse

NASA's Artemis II crew commits to moon trajectory after critical burn sends Orion into deep space

NASA's Artemis II mission completes a critical engine burn, propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four-person crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon.

Manned mission to Moon fires engines to leave Earth’s orbit

Firing the rockets on the Orion spacecraft will send them towards the Moon, which the crew will circle before returning to Earth.

By Rob Freeman

Artemis II astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, on track for moon after capsule engine ignited

It will take the crew about four days to travel to the lunar vicinity, with plans for a flyby of the surface on April 6

By Bloomberg News

Artemis II Astronauts Rocket Toward The Moon After Spending A Day Around Earth

NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo.

Artemis capsule boost puts astronauts moon-bound for record-breaking journey

Artemis II: Orion is now heading toward the Moon – watch video

The successful trans-lunar injection burn has set the spacecraft on a trajectory toward the Moon – Return to Earth scheduled on day 10 of the mission – 41 minutes without communication when the spacecraft passes behind the Moon The post Artemis II: Orion is now heading toward the Moon – watch video appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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