HOUSTON, April 6, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The Artemis astronauts on Sunday were approaching a key milestone in their journey to slingshot around the Moon, a historic NASA mission that will see the first woman and first person of color perform a lunar flyby. Those three along with mission commander Reid Wiseman will spend much of their lunar flyby that's expected Monday documenting the Moon. In the wee hours of Sunday, NASA published an image taken by the Artemis crew that showed a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible. NASA said the Artemis crew has completed a manual piloting demonstration and reviewed their lunar flyby plan, including reviewing the surface features they must analyze and photograph during their time circling the Moon. "We're focusing very much on the ecosystem, the life support system of the spacecraft," NASA chief Jared Isaacman said Sunday in a televised interview with CNN.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 06, 2026 09:07 UTC