Watch: How Moon’s gravity will help Artemis II return to Earth

 NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved a pivotal moment with the Orion spacecraft’s main engine ignition, propelling astronauts towards the Moon. This crucial six-minute burn, generating immense thrust, set a ‘free return trajectory’ and marked humanity’s return to deep space since 1972. NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved a pivotal moment with the Orion spacecraft’s main engine ignition, propelling astronauts towards the Moon. This crucial six-minute burn, generating immense thrust, set a ‘free return trajectory’ and marked humanity’s return to deep space since 1972.