Kuala Lampur, April 4 --  

HOUSTON, April 4 - Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen felt like he was "falling out of the sky" as his spacecraft followed its complex flight path to the Moon, the Canadian said in a video call today.

The four Artemis astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday morning-more than 150,000 miles (241,000 kilometers) from home-as they zipped toward the first crewed lunar flyby in more than half a century.

Hansen, a 50-year-old former fighter pilot on his maiden voyage into space, said he saw "some extraordinary things" during the first hours aboard the Orion.

"By the time we had a bit of a nap and got up, the Earth was just so far away," Hansen, flanked by American cr...