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The astronauts are now on a “free-return” trajectory, which uses the Moon’s gravity to slingshot around it before heading back towards Earth without propulsion. THE ARTEMIS II astronauts have captured the planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the Moon. Nasa released the crew’s first downlinked images on Friday, one-and-a-half days into the first astronaut Moon mission in more than half a century. The first photo taken by commander Reid Wiseman shows a curved s

NASA has given the four Artemis astronauts circling Earth the green light to head for the Moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA Flight Director Jeff Radigan told the astronauts the mission management team had approved firing up the engine of their Orion capsule to send the spacecraft on a trajectory towards the Moon. The five minute and 49 second burn is scheduled to take place at 7:49pm Eastern Time (00:49am) and send the astronauts out