Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares for First Correction Burn, Readies to Receive Lunar Observation Assignment

After a successful translunar injection burn on April 2 and a roughly eight-hour crew rest period, the Artemis II crew began their second full day in space, settling into the rhythm of deep‑space operations. Upon burn completion, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, became the first people to leave Earth’s orbit since the Apollo program in 1972. The team in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, woke the crew at 1 p.m. EDT, […] The post Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares for First Correction Burn, Readies to Receive Lunar Observation Assignment   appeared first on NASA Science.