Artemis astronauts more than halfway to Moon, putting Earth in rearview
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“Artemis astronauts more than halfway to Moon, putting Earth in rearview”
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Wikipedia entries describe Artemis II as a flyby mission but do not mention the spacecraft being 'more than halfway to the Moon' or Earth being 'in rearview'. No direct confirmation of this specific claim.
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— Artemis is a 2017 science fiction novel by American writer Andy Weir. It takes place in the late 2080s in Artemis, the first and only city on the Moon. It follows the life of porter and smuggler Jasmi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_(novel)
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— Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth over the span of ten days. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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— The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
“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 entries for Artemis I and Space Launch System lack specific data about Orion's distance from Earth or NASA's dashboard metrics. No direct confirmation of the 229,000 km figure.
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— 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
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— The European Space Agency (ESA), pronounced 'ee-sah', is a 23-member international organisation devoted to space exploration. It has its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 3,000 people global…
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— 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System
“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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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to support the claim about NASA's dashboard showing Orion's distance.
“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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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to confirm the long-term goals of the Artemis program beyond 2028.
“The Artemis 2 astronauts are due to loop around the Moon early next week -- a feat not accomplished in more than 50 years”
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Wikipedia describes Artemis II as a flyby mission but does not mention the historical context of looping around the Moon not being done in 50 years.
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— 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
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— Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth over the span of ten days. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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— The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
“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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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to support the specific timeline or details about the lunar loop maneuver.
“If all proceeds smoothly, as Orion whips around the Moon the astronauts could set a record by venturing farther from Earth than any human before”
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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to confirm the claim about NASA's dashboard or specific metrics.
“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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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to support the claim about the Orion spacecraft's dashboard data.
“Friday's to-do list includes a CPR demonstration and medical kit checks”
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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to confirm the claim about the Orion spacecraft's dashboard or mission specifics.
“The Artemis 2 crew includes Canadian Jeremy Hansen, Americans Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman”
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No evidence found in live sources or Wikipedia to support the claim about crew assignments or mission details for Artemis II.
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