Artemis Two: Crew Halfway to Moon

0:00It's April 4th. You're listening to Dallas News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. Artemis. Two missions crew is over halfway to the moon now, gearing up for a close fly by this Monday. NASA's Orion spacecraft is cruising smooth with four astronauts on board, testing systems and staying fit for the big loop around the lunar far side. The team has been hitting workouts, running medical drills, and checking emergency comms gear. It's skipped a planned trajectory tweak burn since everything's dead on course. No adjustments needed. This test flight marks NASA's first crew deep space trips in Apollo days, orbiting Earth for a full day first to check all systems, then slingshotting toward the moon about 244,000 miles away. Folks can follow along real-time on NASA's new Artemis real-time orbit site or tune into the live video feed from Orion, though it might go blue or black during signal dips or dark stretches. As they sling back on their free return path using gravity assists, expect reentry heat

1:03up to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit before splashing down. In the Pacific, paving the way for future lunar landings.