The astronauts and cameras on NASA's Artemis II mission are capturing stunning photos of the Earth, moon and Orion spacecraft.

NASA's Artemis 2 has launched on a history-making journey around the moon and back, and the moment was captured from space.

Artemis II and its crew aboard the Orion spacecraft are more than halfway to the moon and preparing for a lunar flyby on Monday, NASA said.

The Artemis II crew nears a moon flyby, dining on a fixed menu of 189 shelf-stable items — from quiche to maple biscuits — in NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

The astronauts said they had lost track of which day it is on Earth on their transit to the moon. As Day 4 dawned on the Artemis II mission, the astronauts were closer to the moon than to Earth, after crossing the halfway point between the two bodies on Friday night.

NASA shared a series of pictures taken by the Artemis II crew members as they reached the halfway point to their destination.

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, April 1 (Reuters) - NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the moon, marking the most ambitious U.S. space mission in decades and a major step toward returning humans to the lunar surface before China's first crewed landing.

The Artemis 2 mission is due to send astronauts on a test mission to the moon and back during the "opening act" of a new age of discovery.

NASA's Artemis II mission is underway. The astronauts are scheduled to fly around the moon Monday. Here's what to know about their 10-day journey through space.

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Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century.

A possibly frozen vent line forced the Artemis II astronauts to avoid using their space toilet while engineers worked to resolve the problem.