Houston, April 4, 2026 (AFP) - Artemis astronauts pass half-way point on way to Moon

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2026-04-04

The four Artemis astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on the way to their planned lunar flyby, NASA said on Friday evening. "You are now closer to the moon than you are to us on Earth," mission control told the astronauts at around 11 pm (0400 GMT), according to the space agency's official live broadcast. "We all kind of had a collective, I guess, expression of joy at that... We can see the Moon out of the docking......

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