Afghanistan, April 6 -- NASA's Artemis II mission is nearing a historic lunar flyby, marking humanity's first crewed journey around the Moon since 1972.
NASA's Artemis II mission entered a major new phase on Monday as the Orion spacecraft crossed into the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence, meaning lunar gravity is now stronger than Earth's pull on the capsule. The milestone marks a crucial step in humanity's first crewed journey around the Moon in more than 50 years and brings the mission closer to its most anticipated maneuver, the lunar flyby.
NASA said Orion was about 346,000 kilometres from Earth and roughly 104,000 kilometres from the Moon as the crew continued its deep-space approach. Mission updates showed the spacecraft ent...