Hello from space: The four Artemis II crew members, from left: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot. (Photo: NASA TV via AFP)The Artemis 2 astronauts passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft. NASA’s online dashboard showed early Saturday that the Orion spacecraft carrying the astronauts was more than 229,000 kilometres (142,000 miles) from Earth. They are due to loop around the Moon early next week — a feat not accomplished in more than 50 years. If all proceeds smoothly, as Orion whips around the Moon the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before.

Source: Bangkok Post April 04, 2026 14:45 UTC