NASA Artemis II Skips Burn As Astronaut Captures Stunning View of Earth

“We are one people”: Artemis 2 sends message of unity on the road to the Moon

The Artemis 2 crew sent the first photographs of Earth taken from the Orion capsule on its historic journey to the Moon, accompanied by a message of unity at a moment of global turmoil. They are the first images captured by astronauts on a lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA Artemis II Skips Burn As Astronaut Captures Stunning View of Earth

Artemis II is so perfectly on course that NASA skipped a burn—while the crew gears up for a once-in-a-lifetime view of the Moon’s hidden side. NASA’s Artemis II crew continues its journey toward the Moon on an exceptionally accurate path, allowing flight controllers to cancel the spacecraft’s first planned outbound trajectory correction burn. Teams at [...]