Artemis Two Crew: First Moon Flyby in 53 Years

0:00It's April 4th. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News today, Power by AI. I'm Corey with the story. The Artemis II crew is now more than halfway to the moon, getting props from Canada on Saturday as they gear up for historic fly-by. This team of three Americans in one Canadian will hit their target Monday, snapping picks of the moon's far side while slinging around it. It's the first crew headed that way in over 53 years, picking up NASA's moon game right where Apollo left off. They're on track to smash the human distance record, pushing past 252,000 miles from Earth before lubing behind the moon, and heading home. No landing, just a quick U-turn. Right now, that mark belongs to Apollo 13. Leading the charge for Canada is astronaut Jeremy Hanson, the first non-American to venture this far. Canada Space Agency lit up the celebration from Quebec, calling Hanson a history maker who's showing the nations got that bold spirit.

1:01In a live link up, he raved about the wild views from the Orion capsule already. This squad, Hanson, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch marks the first lunar astronauts since Apollo 17 back in 19. 72, with Koch as the first woman and Glover. The first black astronaut to the moon. The nearly 10-day trip wraps with a splashdown in the Pacific on April 10th, testing everything for NASA's big push. It's step one toward a lasting moon base, with plans for two astronauts to touch down near the South Pole by 2028. As they zoom closer, we'll be watching for those far side shots and what this means for humanity's next giant leap.