Friday, April 3, 2026

Artemis 2 is on the way to the moon | Artemis 4 landing sites | Extreme pulsars

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are cruising to the moon | Artemis 2 astronauts ace make-or-break engine burn (video) | Can you see the Artemis 4 landing sites from Earth?
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April 3, 2026
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The Launchpad
 
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are cruising to the moon
a blue and white planet on a black backbround
(NASA/Reid Wiseman)
The action never stops for NASA's Artemis 2 mission.

It's Friday, or Flight Day 3 of the historic Artemis 2 mission to the moon. Last night, the Orion spacecraft aced a critical engine burn known as a translunar injection that has now put the four astronauts on a course to loop around the far side of the moon and swing back to Earth.

Today, mission commander Reid Wiseman shared breathtaking photos of Earth as seen from the windows of Orion in a reminder of just how far away the Artemis 2 crew will travel - the farthest humans have been from our planet since Apollo 17 in 1972.

We have all that and more today here on Space.com.
 
Artemis 2 live updates
 
 
 
 
 
Artemis 2: NASA's next moonshot
 
Artemis 2 astronauts ace make-or-break engine burn (video)
Space.com
Artemis 2's Orion capsule aced a critical engine burn this evening (April 2) that sent it from Earth orbit outward toward the moon.
 
Watch Orion engine burn
 
 
 
 
Skywatching
 
Can you see the Artemis 4 landing sites from Earth?
Space.com
NASA's Artemis Program seeks to place American boots close to the moon's south pole. But are those landing sites visible from Earth? We break it down.
 
Artemis landing sites
 
 
 
 
Science & Astronomy
 
What do scientists hope to learn from Artemis 2 moon flyby?
Space.com
Here's what's on the experiment roster for the Artemis 2 moon mission.
 
Artemis 2 science
 
Spinning dead stars found blasting radio signals
Space.com
Astronomers have discovered that rapidly spinning extreme dead stars or pulsars push it to the edge, blasting out radio signals from their extremities.
 
Extreme pulsars
 
 
 
 
Entertainment
 
How to watch 'lost' Doctor Who episodes from anywhere
Space.com
Love Doctor Who? Then you'll be over the moon that two previously lost episodes, The Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet, have been recovered. Here's how to watch them wherever you are.
 
Lost Doctor Who
 
 
 
 
Editor's Note
 
What a week!
From all of us here at Space.com, we'd like to say thank you to all of our readers for joining us on what has been an exciting week with the launch of Artemis 2 and all of the mission updates so far.

We'll be keeping the mission livestream going on our homepage throughout the mission and keeping you updated around-the-clock with live updates so you don't miss a thing from the historic moon mission.

Ad astra,
Brett Tingley
Managing Editor, Space.com 
 
 
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