Artemis II: 9. Bye bye, fly-by

13 Minutes to the Moon by BBC

Apr 7, 202644:50Technology

It’s been a busy 24 hours for the Artemis II crew. They have completed a lunar fly-by, surpassed the furthest distance humans have ever travelled from planet Earth, gone through a communications black out period, and wit...

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