Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moon after spending a day around Earth

April 02, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and a Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week.

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