The Artemis II mission, which launched April 1 from Florida, got the greenlight to begin its lunar journey after a day or orbiting high above Earth.

NASA approved a six-minute engine burn to send Artemis II out of Earth’s orbit. The pivotal move put the astronauts on a path humans haven’t traveled in half a century.

Four astronauts took off on a flight around the moon in what is humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the leadoff in NASA’s push toward a lunar landing in two years.

Airline passenger captured the Artemis II launch from the sky.

Artemis astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen are on board. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come

NASA's Artemis II crew have left Earth's orbit and are on their way to the moon. Track the location of the Orion capsule. Here's what the four astronauts will be doing today. The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on their way to the moon.

NASA is scheduled to launch the Artemis II mission on April 1, with four astronauts who will travel to the moon and back.

A decision will be made Thursday about whether it is safe for the crew to leave low Earth orbit and begin the more dangerous journey toward the moon.