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.”
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NASA Outlines Flight Plan for Crewed Artemis II Mission
Aviation Week reports, “NASA used its first Space Launch System rocket to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a 25-day test flight around the Moon in late 2022, kicking off its Artemis lunar exploration campaign. On Artemis II, the agency will attempt to broaden Orion’s operational envelope by adding a flight crew, with assessments of the spacecraft’s environmental control, life support and astronaut interactive systems on tap.”
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