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Artemis astronauts cross halfway point halfway point between Earth and Moon

France24 · · 692 words · By France
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“Artemis astronauts cross halfway point halfway point between Earth and Moon”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon, initially by Apollo 14 in 1971, and later by Artemis I in 2022. The idea was first proposed by Edward P. Cliff, then the Chief o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Space Launch System (SLS) is an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used by NASA. As the primary launch vehicle for the Artemis program, SLS is designed to send the crewed Orion sp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
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“NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a human spaceflight program by the United States. The Artemis program is intended to reestablish a human presence on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972; mid-ter…
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“NASA's online dashboard showed early Saturday that the Orion spacecraft carrying the astronauts was more than 229,000 kilometres (142,000 miles) from Earth”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
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“The space agency earlier released images from Orion that included a full portrait of Earth, featuring its deep blue oceans and billowing clouds”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The space agency earlier released images from Orion that included a full portrait of Earth, featuring its deep blue oceans and billowing clouds
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260403-extraordinary…
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“The Artemis 2 mission involved a dramatic blast-off and an engine firing that catapulted them on their historic trajectory to circle the Moon”
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“The next major milestone of the approximately 10-day journey is expected overnight Sunday into Monday, at which point the astronauts will enter the 'lunar sphere of influence'”
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“The Artemis 2 mission is part of a longer-term plan to repeatedly return to the Moon, with the goal of establishing a permanent lunar base that will offer a platform for further exploration”
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260403-extraordinary…
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“NASA officials reported Friday that all systems were performing well, and that the astronauts were in 'great spirits' and had spoken to their families”
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“Friday's to-do list includes a CPR demonstration and medical kit checks”
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