Artemis Two: First Moon Mission in 50 Years

0:00It's April 2nd. Welcome in. This is Birmingham News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. NASA's Artemis, two mission blasted off smooth and on point from Kennedy Space Center this past Wednesday carrying four astronauts on a 10-day loop toward the moon. The crew, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch from NASA, plus Jeremy Hanson from the Canadian Space Agency, named themselves Integrity and reported everything clicking perfectly from launch. This marched the first time since 1972 that humans are heading Moonward, testing the Orion spacecraft's deep space chops to make sure it can keep crews safe out there. As they zip by the International Space Station, the astronauts were straight up awed, grabbing one last look before pushing on, highlighting that, human wonder in the mix. Come Monday, they'll swing around the moon for hours, snapping picks and gathering data, then rocket back home at about 24,000-six, 100 miles per hour

1:02fast enough to cross the country in minutes, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. You can catch the whole thing live on YouTube around the clock, paving the way for bigger lunar steps ahead.