Artemis Two Crew Faces Day One Challenges

0:00On April 2nd, the Artemis II crew just launched Wednesday on their 10-day trip around the moon, and like any road trip, day one hit some bumps. NASA astronauts Reed Weizmann, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, plus Canada's Jeremy Hanson, dealt with a quick com's blackout right after orbit A. Flashing toilet alert and even glitchy Microsoft Outlook emails on their computers. Teens on the ground jumped in fast. The com's dropout lasted minutes, with no spacecraft problems, and they pinned it on a ground issue now under review. The universal waste system toilet got a faultlight during tests, but the crew fixed it overnight. No need for backup bags. These everyday headaches felt super relatable down here on earth, from plumbing woes to tech support calls. NASA boss Jared Isaacman stressed the vehicle with solid throughout, and mission control even remotely fixed the outlook for them. By Thursday, after a wake up at 2.35 p.m. Eastern, to John Legend's green light, managers greenlit the big trans lunar injection burn ad. 749 p.m. Eastern,

1:05that six-minute main engine fire slings Orion out of Earth orbit for good. If it goes smooth, these four make history as the first humans moonbound since Apollo 17, back in 1972, riding gravity all the way around. That's the story for today, entertainment and celebrity news today, driven by AI.