Artemis II Out of Earth's Orbit

NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and are now blazing toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo.  The translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and a Canadian on course for a lunar fly-around early next week. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said he and his crewmates were glued to the capsule's windows as they left Earth in the rearview mirror, taking in the "phenomenal" views. Their faces were pressed so tightly against the windows that they had to wipe them clean.