Artemis II and its four-person crew have entered the Moon’s “sphere of affect,” which means the spacecraft is extra affected by lunar gravity than the Earth’s pull. The transition occurred at a distance of 39,000 miles from the Moon, 4 days, six hours and two minutes into the mission. The subsequent and most vital part will occur tomorrow when the craft loops across the Moon’s far facet, taking people deeper into area than they’ve ever been earlier than.
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