Artemis II Completes TLI, Heading to Moon on First Crewed Loop in 51 Years

Artemis II became the first crewed lunar mission in 51 years when the Orion spacecraft completed a five-minute, 49-second TLI burn.

The burn went flawlessly, and the crew was accelerated out of Earth orbit toward the Moon.

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The crew will spend about eight days in space, testing life support and manual handling.

The mission could take the crew farther from Earth than any humans have traveled since Apollo 13 in 1970.

The mission carries NASA astronauts Wiseman, Glover, Koch and CSA astronaut Hansen.

Koch will become the first woman to fly around the Moon.

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The crew practiced piloting Orion in manual mode using ICPS as a stand-in for future dockings.

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Orion is on a free-return trajectory designed to bring the crew back safely with minimal propellant use.

The path will carry the spacecraft around the far side of the Moon and back regardless of additional maneuvers.

This fail-safe design helped save Apollo 13's crew.

NASA provided public tools including the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website with live tracking.

The mission garnered global media coverage recapping the historic moment.

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Funding for the first two Artemis flights amounts to approximately $36 billion.