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Artemis II Today: The Farthest Humanity Has Gone | Weather.com

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The article details the Artemis II mission's historic lunar flyby, highlighting milestones such as breaking the Apollo 13 distance record, observing Earthrise, and future plans for a Moon base. It emphasizes NASA's goals, the potential of Helium-3 for technology, and the unifying experience of space exploration.

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“The crew of the Artemis II mission is about to cross a threshold humanity has yet to touch: reaching the farthest point in space that any person has ever reached before.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crewed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration mission led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 202…
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_missions
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“Today is the main event of their ten-day trip, where they will be looping around the moon to the far side and back toward Earth shortly after.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crewed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration mission led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_missions
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“At the expected 1:56 p.m. EST, they’ll pass the former record set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crewed by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_missions
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“At 2:10 p.m., the crew will make their remarks to all of humanity (live coverage by NASA can be found on a variety of streaming platforms).”
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“At 2:45 p.m., they’ll enter seven hours of 'lunar observation' with their capsule, named Orion, close enough to the Moon to observe the surface.”
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“Throughout their journey, the team has been in constant contact with mission control in Houston, Texas. But today, as the astronauts pass behind the Moon, it will block the signals that allow communication between them and those on Earth.”
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“Later this evening, around 7:07 p.m., they’ll hit their maximum distance from Earth, about 252,760 miles.”
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“NASA has established a goal of building a Moon base.”
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“NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said NASA is committed to returning to the Moon before the end of President Trump’s term.”
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“Helium-3 exists only in trace amounts on Earth.”
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“An abundance of Helium-3 could revolutionize technology, providing safer, non-radioactive fuel for nuclear energy.”
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“Dilution refrigerators for quantum computing depend on Helium-3 to cool their systems, according to the Lowy Institute.”
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