Artemis Two: First Crewed Moon Flyby in 50 Years

0:00It's April 3rd. This is Global News Today, AI-powered stories from around the world. Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II, mission fired up their engines 25 hours after launch, slinging their Orion capsule straight toward the moon. This marks the first crew Transluner Burns since Apollo 17, back on December 7th, 1972. Three Americans in one Canadian are now cruising almost 250,000 miles to a flyby early next week. They hung out in Earth orbit for a full day first, testing life support systems before getting the green light. Everything checked out on Prelim reports, so they're locked in on course, Commander Reed Wiseman leading the pack with Pilot Victor Glover, Christina, Coke, and Jeremy Hansen. The crews buzzing about the views from tens of thousands of miles up, and this trip's breaking records, they'll go farther from Earth than Apollo. 13 and 1970 then potentially screened back fast as ever on April 10th reentry. No landing, just the closed shave passed the moon at 4,000 miles out the far side for

1:04killer illuminated shots. Meanwhile, they've dealt with some early glitches like a finicky toilet that Coke fixed with mission controls plumbing tips after switching to backup. Bags. Kevin started chili at 65 degrees Fahrenheit too, so they bundled up before warming it. His test runs priming the whole Artemis push for a lunar base and two person landing by 2028 with the crew even catching a total. Solar eclipse from space as a cosmic bonus.