Artemis II astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby
The Hindu
Artemis II astronauts prepare for a historic lunar flyby, aiming to capture and analyze unique lunar features during their mission.
The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday (April 4, 2026) for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, including reviewing the surface features they must analyze and photograph during their time circling the Moon.
"Morale is high on board," commander Reid Wiseman told Houston's Mission Control center as the space crew's work day began.
Upon waking around 1635 GMT on Saturday (April 4), the astronauts were approximately 169,000 miles (271,979 kilometers) from Earth, and approaching the Moon at 110,700 miles (178,154 kilometers), according to NASA.
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The next major milestone of the approximately 10-day journey is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the "lunar sphere of influence" — when the Moon's gravity will have stronger pull on the spacecraft than Earth's.
If all proceeds smoothly, as Orion whips around the Moon the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before.
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