A launch countdown includes “L Minus” to indicate how far away liftoff is in hours and minutes, and “T Minus” to show a sequence of events built into the launch countdown.

The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon .

Since launch, the vehicle has separated from its launch system and been manually piloted, testing how the Orion capsule will dock with future lunar landers.