Artemis Two Crew's Historic Moon Flyby

0:00On April 5th, Artemis II crew just made history, blasting off April 1st for humanity's first moon trip since 1972. Three Americans in one Canadian are looping around the moon without landing, aiming to smash Apollo 13's record for farthest from Earth ad. About 249,000 miles. That Apollo 13 mark came from their emergency slingshot in 1970 after an oxygen tank blew, turning disaster into a safe ride home. These crews on a similar figure-8 path, but pushing about 3,000 miles farther, linking NASA's past grid to today's lunar push. Astronauts are hyped for Monday's 6-hour flyby, getting within 4,000 miles of the moon for fresh peaks at the far-sized craters, spots known. Human eyes have caught before. They'll gear up for a total solar eclipse, eyeballing the sun's glowing corona up close with special glasses. These will swap shifts snapping pro shots in iPhone picks, flashcards in hand from NASA

1:00geologists who've drilled them on lunar landmarks. Expect a 10-40-minute radio blackout behind the moon, but physics will sling them back into view. After the flyby, it's a four-day burn home for splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego on April 10th, with a cosmic radio link up to the ISS. Crew including a chat between moon travelers and space station vets from that groundbreaking all-women spacewalk. This has been Global News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.