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Rory Elliott Armstrong

Artemis II spacecrew prepare for historic moon flyby

The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, including reviewing the surface features they must analyse and photograph during their time circling the Moon.

Upon waking around 1635 GMT on Saturday, the astronauts were approximately 271,979 kilometres from Earth, and approaching the Moon at 178,154 kilometres, according to NASA.

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