Artemis astronauts begin fifth day on historic Moon missionDuring their whip around the Moon, the four astronauts are set to become the humans who have traveled the farthest distance from EarthHOUSTON - The four astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 mission began their fifth day journeying to the Moon on Sunday, after already taking in sights of the lunar surface never before seen by human eyes. Former astronaut Charlie Duke, who walked on the Moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 16 mission, gave the ceremonial wakeup call to the crew. Earlier, in the wee hours of Sunday, the US space agency published an image taken by the Artemis crew, showing a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible. "We're focusing very much on the ecosystem, the life support system of the spacecraft," NASA chief Jared Isaacman said Sunday in a televised interview with CNN. On the schedule for day five, according to NASA, is testing of the astronauts' "survival" suits.

Source: Bangkok Post April 05, 2026 22:14 UTC