NASA's Artemis II crew commits to moon trajectory after critical burn sends Orion into deep space

NASA’s Artemis II crew fired the Orion spacecraft’s main engine, committing the mission to a trajectory toward the moon just one day after launching into deep space.

The translunar injection burn, which lasted several minutes, is the most critical engine firing of the mission and propelled the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path that will carry the crew around the moon and back to Earth.

"With that successful TLI, the crew's feeling pretty good up here on our way to the moon...