The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, gave the green light on Thursday to the astronauts of the Artemis II mission to head to the Moon and carry out the first manned lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
The four astronauts who are currently still in Earth orbit will turn on the engines of the Orion capsule to take a trajectory towards the Earth’s natural satellite, according to the American space agency.
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Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch embarked with their Canadian colleague Jeremy Hansen for a trip of about 10 days that will consist of flying around the Moon, without landing.
The crew includes the first woman, the first black person and the first non-American to participate in such a mission, a considerable difference from the Apollo era.
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