Artemis astronauts ready for Moon flyby on fifth day of historic mission

HOUSTON — The four astronauts on Nasa’s Artemis 2 mission prepared Sunday to enter the Moon’s “sphere of influence,” having already taking in sights of the lunar surface never before seen by human eyes. As they awoke for day five of the 10-day mission, their Orion spaceship was nearly 215,000 miles (346,000 kilometers) from Earth and 65,000 miles from the Moon, according to Nasa’s online dashboard. Former astronaut Charlie Duke, who walked on the Moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 16 mission, gave the ceremonial wakeup call to the crew. READ: What to know about Artemis II’s moon […]... Keep on reading: Artemis astronauts ready for Moon flyby on fifth day of historic mission

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