Watch: Artemis II's journey so far as it leaves Earth's orbit ... in 85 seconds

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 03, 2026 · 117 words

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What to know about Watch: Artemis II's journey so far as it leaves Earth's orbit ... in 85 seconds

Watch: Artemis II's journey so far as it leaves Earth's orbit ...

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Watch: Artemis II's journey so far as it leaves Earth's orbit ...

Why it matters

in 85 seconds The four astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are the first humans since 1972 to leave Earth's orbit.

Common ground

Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are now on a looping path that will carry them around the far side of the Moon and back again.

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Claim 1: “Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are now on a looping path that will carry them around the far side of the Moon and back again.”

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Wikipedia: Artemis II explicitly states the mission involves 'a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth', confirming the crew follows a trajectory around the Moon's far side.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is a U.S. spaceflight to send four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NASA astron…
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 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

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Claim 2: “The four astronauts on Nasa's Artemis II mission are the first humans since 1972 to leave Earth's orbit.”

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The claim incorrectly asserts Artemis II astronauts are first since 1972 to leave Earth's orbit. Evidence shows Artemis II is a lunar flyby mission (not a permanent departure), while Apollo missions (1968-1972) already achieved lunar orbit. Wikipedia explicitly states Artemis IV will be the first lunar landing since Apollo 17 (1972).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV

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Claim 3: “Their 10-day journey will ferry them up to 252,799 miles (406,840km) from Earth, exceeding the previous record set by Apollo 13 – 248,655 miles – in 1970.”

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No evidence in provided sources confirms Artemis II's distance (252,799 miles) or comparison to Apollo 13's 1970 record (248,655 miles). Wikipedia entries only describe mission objectives without quantitative data.

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