Artemis II mission astronauts spoke about the flight and their first impressions from space. The crew has already spent a day in orbit after the start of the historic 10-day mission. This was reported by ABC News, according to UNN.
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A day after the launch, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen gave an interview to ABC News from aboard the Orion spacecraft. They shared their impressions of what they saw during the flight.
You could see Africa, Europe, and if you looked very closely, you could see the northern lights. It was the most spectacular moment that stopped all four of us in our tracks.
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The Artemis II mission launched on Wednesday and involves a 10-day flight around the Moon. The crew is to travel approximately 685,000 miles as part of a lunar flyby.
This mission marks the first time humans have ventured beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo 17 mission, which landed on the Moon in 1972.
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On Wednesday, April 1, after years of delays, the historic Artemis II mission of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Moon launched.