- Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission are scheduled to fly around the Moon today, marking the first close encounter with the lunar surface in over 50 years.
- The four-person crew aboard the Orion spacecraft will be the first people to see the Moon up close since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The mission is also set to break the record for the furthest distance humans have travelled from Earth, surpassing the 248,655 miles set by Apollo 13 in 1970.
- The spacecraft is expected to surpass the Apollo 13 record at 1:56 p.m. EST/6:56 p.m. BST and reach its maximum distance of 252,760 miles from Earth at 7:07 p.m. EST/12:07 a.m. BST.
- The astronauts will use a 'free-turn trajectory' and are expected to return to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific on Friday, concluding their test flight.
- Live coverage of the Artemis II lunar flyby is being streamed on NASA’s YouTube page, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max and Roku starting at 1 p.m.
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