The engine firing provided a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it up to some 25,000 mph, the velocity needed to break free of Earth's gravitational clasp for a trek to the moon.

The mission's last, big push on its lunar journey takes humans out of the Earth's orbit for the first time since 1972.

Orion is in space, the Artemis II crew is returning from the moon, and you can follow their journey without leaving Earth.

The astronauts will arrive about 10,300 kilometers beyond our satellite, breaking all previous records for distance from Earth. But how was their route chosen?

Track the progress of the Artemis II mission with the latest updates and news from the historic mission to the moon's orbit.

The Artemis II crew will be the first humans to see parts of the moon's far side never before witnessed by human eyes.

Orion space capsule will orbit Earth until later today, when a scheduled engine burn will send ship to the moon

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Staff at a Welsh laser company are "over the moon" after their technology was used in the Artemis II space mission. The four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft achieved a historic lunar flyby that saw them travel further from Earth than any other humans.