Houston/New York ¨C The Artemis astronauts were gearing up Saturday for their long-anticipated lunar flyby, including reviewing the surface features they must analyze and photograph during their time circling the moon.
¡°Morale is high on board,¡± commander Reid Wiseman told Houston¡¯s Mission Control center as the space crew¡¯s work day began.
Upon waking around 4:35 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Saturday, the astronauts were approximately 271,979 kilometers?from Earth, and approaching the moon at a distance of 178,154 kilometers, according to NASA.
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