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NASA Sends Four Astronauts Around Moon
NASA launched four astronauts around the moon on Wednesday, April 1. This is the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
The astronauts are flying aboard the Orion spacecraft. The trip is a 10-day flyby, not a landing.
The crew includes more diversity than previous lunar crews. The mission will test new systems for future moon landings.
Klear Note — This is NASA's first crewed moon mission in 54 years. The Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon again soon.
Key Terms 3
- Orion spacecraft
- NASA's capsule built to carry astronauts to the moon
- flyby
- flying around the moon and back, without landing
- Artemis II
- NASA's mission name for this crewed moon flyby