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  "path": "/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-day-2-orion-completes-tli-burn-crew-begins-journey-to-the-moon/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T02:10:55.000Z",
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    "Christina H. Koch",
    "G. Reid Wiseman",
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    "Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon",
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  "textContent": "NASA’s Artemis II crew is on the way to the Moon. After the mission management team polled “Go” Thursday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for five minutes and 50 seconds beginning at 7:49 p.m. EDT, to successfully complete the translunar injection (TLI) burn, sending the crew in Orion out of Earth orbit and […]\n\nThe post Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon appeared first on NASA Science.",
  "title": "Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon"
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