A history-making space mission is well way with NASA's Artemis II spacecraft venturing the far side the Moon. Artemis launched to great fanfare on Wednesday. The 10-day odyssey will take its four astronauts farther from Earth than humans have ever been. Despite the enormous technical demands the mission, the crew has also been dogged email problems. Astronaut Reid Wiseman relayed the problem to Mission Control Texas. He said: "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one those is working. Reboot it and check our software and those two Outlooks." NASA reloaded Outlook's files to correct a configuration issue.
Artemis II is the first crewed mission to go low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 December 1972. It will travel a record-breaking 406,773 km Earth and 7,600 km the Moon. It is the beginning NASA's aim to return humans to the Moon and eventually establish a long-term presence there. The astronauts are engaged a full-scale test future Moon landings. The crew will test life support systems, communications, navigation, and deep-space operations. Hopefully, the Outlook problem will be a one-off blip. NASA hopes the current mission will pave the way Artemis IV to land the lunar surface. The USA hopes a moon landing will take place 2028.
