Artemis II astronauts pass half-way point on way to Moon

The four Artemis II astronauts passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on the way to their planned lunar flyby. NASA's online dashboard showed the Orion spacecraft was now 2,28,500 km from Earth and 2,12,433 km from the Moon. The milestone was hit around two days, five hours and 24 minutes after liftoff, according to NASA.