"The Artemis II mission successfully launched into space on April 1, at 6:35pm Eastern time, from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida."
"This mission is the first crewed Artemis flight and will lay the groundwork for future trips to the moon itself, the first flight with a crew onboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft system."
"The astronauts also reported a problem with their waste‑management system, which is the first real toilet installed on a deep-space mission."
"Glover then started manually piloting the capsule to demonstrate and test how Orion would move and dock with the future lunar landers that will be built by SpaceX and Blue Origin."
The Artemis II mission launched on April 1, carrying NASA astronauts and a Canadian astronaut on a 10-day lunar orbit. This mission is the first crewed Artemis flight and aims to establish a foundation for future lunar missions. Astronauts reported seeing Earth from space and encountered a waste-management system issue, but had backup options. Victor Glover manually piloted the Orion spacecraft to test its docking capabilities. The crew is scheduled to return to Earth on April 10, landing in the Pacific Ocean.
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