Artemis II Flight Day 5: Crew Starts Day with Suit Demo - NASA
By Abby Graf
Published on April 5, 2026.
The Artemis II crew began their journey to the Moon on the fifth day of their mission, with a test evaluation of the Orion Crew Survival System suit. The demonstration will provide an insight into the suit's performance during extended wear in microgravity and its mobility, thermal management, and communication systems. The crew will continue observing Orientale basin, a multi-ring impact basin used to compare other impact craters on rocky worlds from Mercury to Pluto, as it is the first time humans have seen the entire basin. The team will also hear a special message from Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke, thanking them for their efforts. The mission will perform an outbound trajectory correction burn, receive their final lunar science targets, and enter the Moon's gravitational sphere of influence.
Read Original Article