2026年4月1日、NASAのアルテミスIIミッションが打ち上げられ、1972年以来初となる有人月面飛行が実現しました。リード・ワイズマン船長、ビクター・グローバー操縦士、クリスティーナ・コックミッションスペシャリスト、ジェレミー・ハンセンミッションスペシャリストの4名の宇宙飛行士全員が、飛行中にオメガ スピードマスター X-33 第2世代を着用しています。このチタン製時計は、宇宙船内の公式装備として採用されています。
アルテミスIIの乗組員は、協定世界時22時35分12秒にNASAの打ち上げ施設から離陸し、月周回への旅を開始しました。NASAが公開した画像では、グローバー飛行士とハンセン飛行士が準備の際、オレンジ色の宇宙服の上からX-33を着用している様子が確認できます。今回のミッションは、50年以上の時を経てNASAが月面探査に復帰するための重要な一歩となります。
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NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off successfully on April 1, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen aboard the Orion spacecraft for the first crewed Moon flyby since Apollo 17. Powered by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the 10-day test flight will validate critical systems for future lunar landings and Mars missions, looping around the Moon's far side.
NASA provided 55 of its Omega Speedmaster chronographs to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, on April 27, 1976. The agency had received a total of 100 such watches from Omega between 1965 and 1968. Of those, 71 saw use during spaceflight missions from 1965 to 1975.
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Four astronauts are heading to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The crew launched at 18:35 local time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard the Orion capsule atop the Space Launch System. The mission builds on Artemis 1 and sets milestones for women and non-white astronauts.
Following their successful launch, NASA's Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft resolved a jammed toilet fan and Microsoft Outlook software glitches during the initial phase of their 10-day lunar orbit mission. The crew—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch—marks historic firsts: Glover as the first Black astronaut, Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first Canadian to venture toward the moon.
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NASA released 22 photos on Tuesday from the Artemis II crew's historic lunar flyby on Monday, showcasing stunning views of the Moon and Earth. The White House shared images from the far side of the Moon, including the first such photo captured by the Orion spacecraft. The mission broke the record for the farthest distance traveled from Earth by humans.
NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Orion spacecraft around the Moon since 1972, has encountered a helium leak in its service module but officials say it poses no threat to the crew's return. The spacecraft, carrying astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, launched on April 1 and is set for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Friday evening. Ground teams adjusted the flight plan to study the leak while maintaining nominal performance.
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As the US Artemis 2 crew completes its historic 10-day lunar orbit mission—the first with humans since Apollo—China is scrutinizing every detail for technical lessons to support its own astronaut lunar landing by 2030.