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Artemis II Crew Sets Course for the Moon

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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