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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/for-the-first-time-in-51-years-nasa-is-training-astronauts-to-fly-to-the-moon/

> The Artemis II crew marked their first official training day on June 21. Like the start of many college courses, it began with a preview of the syllabus. Then, in the afternoon, the astronauts received a lesson on lunar orbital mechanics, according to Mahaffey.

> The Artemis II mission will last about 10 days, beginning with a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida that will place their Orion capsule into a nearly day-long high-altitude orbit around Earth for critical checkouts of the ship’s life support systems and a test of the spacecraft’s ability to approach another object in space.