Artemis II astronauts prepare to leave Earth’s orbit and head towards the moon
Nasa mission enters second day, with crew hoping to become first people to orbit moon in more than 50 years
Nasa has given the four Artemis astronauts circling Earth the green light to head for the moon and carry out the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
Nasa flight director Jeff Radigan told the astronauts the mission management team had approved firing up the engine of their Orion capsule to send the spacecraft on a trajectory towards the moon.