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  • Artemis II Flight Day 7: First Return Correction Burn Complete

    The Artemis II Orion spacecraft and its solar arrays appear in the foreground, with a sliver of Moon showing in the black background of space.

    At 8:03 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, ignited its thrusters for 15 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 1.6 feet-per-second and guiding the Artemis II crew toward Earth. NASA astronaut Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen reviewed procedures and monitored the spacecraft’s configuration and navigation data.   During today’s mission status briefing, NASA officials shared the first images received from the crew during the lunar flyby and […]

  • Station Crew Talks to Artemis II Crew Amid Busy Research Schedule

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    Four Expedition 74 astronauts had a ship-to-ship call with the four Artemis II astronauts on Tuesday after they flew around the Moon in a historic first for NASA and its international partners. The International Space Station residents also continued their ongoing biomedical research, trained to capture a U.S. cargo craft, and installed a small experimental robotic arm.

  • NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Targets Friday, April 10 Launch

    Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft, carrying more than 11,000 pounds of new science investigations and supplies for the Expedition 73 crew, approaches the International Space Station. The two spacecraft were orbiting 257 miles above a cloudy Mumbai, India. Cygnus XL is an expanded version of Northrop Grumman’s previous Cygnus cargo vehicle, offering increased payload capacity and pressurized cargo volume.

    NASA, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 8:03 a.m. EDT Friday, April 10, for the next Cygnus XL and Falcon 9 launch opportunity to resupply the International Space Station. Teams adjusted the Wednesday, April 8, launch opportunity due to forecasted inclement weather at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 

  • Artemis II Flight Day 6: Crew Wraps Historic Lunar Flyby

    The four Artemis II crew members participate in a live downlink on flight day six, following the conclusion of their lunar flyby.

    The Artemis II mission wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby, marking humanity’s first return to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side. After the lunar observation period concluded, the Artemis II crew was congratulated by President Donald J. Trump, in a live conversation that aired as […]

  • Crew Kicks Off Week Prepping for Cygnus Cargo Mission

    A waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station as it soared 268 miles above far eastern Canada. A portion of the Canadarm2 robotic arm's latching end effector is captured in the top foreground of the image.

    The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station. The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects blood pressure at the beginning of the week.

  • Artemis II Flight Day 6: Lunar Flyby Updates 

    n this fully illuminated view of the Moon, the near side (the hemisphere we see from Earth), is visible on the right. It is identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface. These are ancient lava flows from a time early in the Moon’s history when it was volcanically active. The large crater west of the lava flows is Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the Moon’s near and far sides. Orientale's left half is not visible from Earth, but in this image we have a full view of the crater. Everything to the left of the crater is the far side, the hemisphere we don’t get to see from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that it orbits round us.

    NASA’s live coverage of the Artemis II lunar flyby is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, and Roku, alongside the agency’s 24/7 coverage on its YouTube channel. Learn how to stream NASA content through a variety of online platforms, including social media.  

  • Artemis II Flight Day 6: Crew Ready for Lunar Flyby

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    The Artemis II crew is awake and beginning preparations for today’s lunar flyby — a first for humans since Apollo 17 in 1972. The sounds of “Good Morning,” by Mandisa and TobyMac played as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, woke up just […]

  • Artemis II Flight Day 5: Correction Burn Complete 

    A view from an onboard camera showing parts of a spacecraft against the blackness of space. Large rectangular solar array panels with visible wiring patterns extend outward on articulated arms.

    Mission control teams in Houston and the Artemis II crew completed an outbound correction burn to refine the Orion spacecraft’s trajectory to the Moon. The burn began at 11:03 p.m. EDT and lasted 17.5 seconds. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, continue on a precise path to flyby the Moon on Monday, April 6.   Early in their workday, the crew completed a […]