Photo illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios. Photo: NASA
🌙 Turn your eyes to the skies this week. It's almost time for launch.
Why it matters: NASA's Artemis II, set to carry four astronauts around the Moon, is the first mission of its kind since Apollo, Axios Huntsville's Derek Lacey writes.
Fun fact: If it launches on schedule today, the moon rocket will travel nearly 250,000 miles from Earth, putting humans farther from home than ever before.
Zoom in: A YouTube stream from NASA starts today at 12:50pm, ahead of the launch window opening at 6:24pm.
A virtual tracker will show the Orion spacecraft's location over the course of the 10-day mission.
The latest: Today's weather outlook at Kennedy Space Center in Florida was 80% favorable, per NASA.
Flashback: The spacecraft was previously rolled off the launch pad because of technical issues during fueling.
There are two-hour launch windows every day through Monday.
NASA's next opportunity would begin April 30, when the Moon is full again.
📸 What we're watching: Koch's Instagram feed for photos from space.
The crew is getting a view of the Moon that no human has before.
