NASA has carried out the first human mission to the Moon in over 50 years as part of the Artemis II mission. The four-person team will test the spacecraft’s systems, image previously unseen parts of the Moon, and explore potential landing sites for future missions during the approximately 10-day mission.
“Elchi” reports that the Artemis II mission, which is the second phase of the Artemis I program and concluded with the return of the Orion spacecraft to Earth after completing an orbit around the Moon in December 2022, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch, which will be the first human journey to the Moon since 1972, took place with approximately a 15-minute delay.
It was reported that during the first human journey around the Moon in approximately 54 years, the spacecraft reached an altitude of about 100 kilometers 8 minutes after launch, approached the edge of the atmosphere, and the main engine separated from the Orion capsule. The Artemis II crew includes NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and flight pilot Victor Glover, as well as mission specialists NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. The four-person team will spend approximately 10 days on the mission, testing the spacecraft’s systems, imaging previously unseen parts of the Moon, and exploring potential landing sites for future missions. The NASA Artemis II mission crew will not land on the Moon, but this mission is considered a preparatory phase for the Artemis III mission, which aims for a lunar landing. In the first flight beyond the Moon with both a woman and a Black American, astronaut Christina Koch will be the first woman to venture into deep space as one of two specialists on the Artemis II mission.
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