Orion's Moon Flyby: NASA's Next Giant Leap

0:00It's April 3rd from your city to your ears. This has been Kuver News today, powered by AI. NASA's Orion capsule fired up its main engine late Thursday night, pulling off a flawless Translunar injection burn that locked the Artemis II crew on course for a moon fly by. This four-member team launched Wednesday evening from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, kicking off their 10-day journey. The crew includes Commander Reed Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Kristina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. While out there, they'll run tests, snap lunar images during the close pass, and even link up for NASA's first deep space call with the International Space Station crew. Before the burn, Koch dropped a gem, saying they weren't leaving Earth. They were choosing it. This mission marks a huge win for NASA after years of grinding and billions poured in, all building toward a permanent moon base where humans can live, and work. These two nods to the Apollo era, with its name from the Twin Goddess, but no landing

1:02this time, that's later for 2028. Meanwhile, these astronauts will smash the record for farthest humans have gone, topping Apollo 13 from 1970. As Orion cruises toward that lunar slingshot, the world's watching NASA's next giant leap unfold in real time.