Artemis Two: A Smooth Start to Moon Mission

0:00On April 2, four astronauts from NASA's Artemis II mission blasted off Wednesday on a 10-day round trip around the moon, and so far, everything's. Running smooth as silk. They've already clocked over 14 hours in Earth orbit, knocking out tech checks and firing engines for that key apogee rays burn right around. Noon Greenwich mean time, pushing them farther out. President Trump shouted out the brave crew and NASA team during his speech, calling it a big step after 54 years since Apollo. Meanwhile, Jared Isaacman, the new NASA head, said this test flight paves the way for lunar landings by 2028. Launched from the same historic Florida pad as the old Apollo missions, the crew commander Reed Weisman, Jeremy Hansen from Canada, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch hit some early glitches like brief coms drop out, finicky toilets, and a chili capsule, but they nailed a manual docking test. Next up, late Thursday at 11.30 pm, Greenwich mean time, they fire engines for the no turning

1:03backburn toward the moon, setting up a loop. There by Monday, and a shot at the farthest crew, distance record ever. This beast of a program, costing billions with years of delays, better deliver to boost NASA's morale, and hit that lunar surface goal. That's the story for today, NFL News Today, driven by AI.