Artemis II Crew Sets Course for the Moon Written 3 April 2026
In This Section
NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft – with four astronauts aboard – launches on the agency’s Artemis II test flight, Wednesday, April 1 at 6:35 p.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. | Credit: Brandon Hancock; NASA
The Washington Post reports, “The Artemis II astronauts blasted out of Earth’s orbit Thursday evening and on to the next phase of their mission — a four-day journey toward the moon. NASA officials gave the okay to the ‘translunar injection’ maneuver Thursday afternoon, after extensive checks of life-support systems and other operations gave them confidence that the Orion spacecraft, which the crew named Integrity, was ready to go.”
Full Story (Washington Post – Subscription Publication)