Artemis II blasts ever closer to the far side of the Moon
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The Artemis II mission, carrying four astronauts, has successfully left Earth's orbit and is now en route to the Moon. The Orion spacecraft executed a flawless translunar injection (TLI), a nearly six-minute engine burn that propelled it towards its lunar trajectory. This mission marks the first time since 1972 that humans have ventured beyond Earth's orbit. The spacecraft will loop around the far side of the Moon before returning to Earth. The mission aims to test Orion's systems and pave the way for future lunar landings, potentially breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13. While en route, controllers retain the ability to execute a return to Earth in case of emergency.
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AI-ExtractedTLI is not a point of no return for Orion - controllers can still carry out the equivalent of a handbrake turn in space.
Artemis II mission plans to take the astronauts further into space that humans have been before - more than 4,700 miles beyond the Moon
It is the first time since 1972 that humans have travelled outside of the Earth's orbit.
The five minute and 55 second engine burn, known as the translunar injection (TLI), went "flawlessly".
The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have now left the Earth's orbit.
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