First Crewed Moon Flyby in 53 Years

0:00It's April 4th. You're listening to Derm News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Corey with The Story. The Artemis II crew is now more than halfway to the moon, gearing up for a historic fly-by that takes humans deeper into space than any Apollo. Mission This team of three Americans in one Canadian is set to snap picks of the moon's far side on Monday, marking the first crewed lunar trip in over, 53 years. They're on track to smash the distance record, pushing past 252,000 miles from Earth, before looping behind the moon and heading, home, no landing or orbit needed. That beats the old mark held by Apollo 13. Canada's space agency, through a big virtual toast from Quebec, celebrating astronaut Jeremy Hanson as the first non-American to head moonward. He shared how the views from NASA's Orion capsule are already blowing his mind. The crew, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Hanson includes trailblazers, Koch as the first woman and

1:01Glover as the first black. Astronaut to the moon since Apollo 17 back in 1972. This nearly 10-day ride wraps with a splash-down in the Pacific on April 10th, laying groundwork for NASA's moon-based dreams and a South Pole landing by 2028. Space explorations heating up again, one-ball loop at a time.