Artemis II Crew Nears Moon as Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit Phase Written 6 April 2026
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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: Michael DeMocker; NASA
The New York Times reports, “Early on Monday morning Eastern time, the astronauts of Artemis II will enter the lunar sphere of influence, when the pull of the moon’s gravity becomes stronger than Earth’s. That is when their spacecraft will start speeding up for the main event of the 10-day mission, swinging around the moon for a first close-up look by astronauts in more than 53 years.”
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