Artemis astronauts get ready for Moon flyby

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Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission have prepared to enter the Moon’s "sphere of influence", marking a key milestone in humanity’s first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. As they reached day five of the 10-day mission, the Orion spacecraft was about 346,000 kilometres from Earth and roughly 104,000 kilometres from the Moon, according to NASA. Earlier, NASA released an