India, April 4 -- NASA's Artemis II mission successfully launched on April 1 at 6:35 p.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center located in Florida. The crew of four will embark on a 685,000-mile journey lasting 10 days, which will take them around the moon, commonly referred to as a lunar fly-by.

Artemis II crew members include Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover.

In its update on Friday morning, NASA stated the Artemis II crew is approximately halfway to the moon on the third day of their historic mission.

The officials stated that the Artemis II crew is in "great spirits" and "really excited about the opportunity to be there and what's going on."

The astronauts on Friday dedicated some time to performing a "noi...