Hello, Earth.

April 3 (UPI) -- NASA's Artemis II crew left Earth orbit Thursday evening en route for the moon, marking a milestone not reached in more than 50 years.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on course for a lunar flyaround early next week.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades since Apollo.

NASA's Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth in the decades sinc

Nasa has released the first high-resolution images of Earth captured by the Artemis 2 crew from the Orion spacecraft. These spectacular views show our planet as a glowing crescent as the four astronauts head to the Moon.

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

The astronauts are now on a “free-return” trajectory, which uses the Moon’s gravity to slingshot around it before heading back towards Earth without propulsion.

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

And this is only the beginning.

NASA's Artemis II mission completes a critical engine burn, propelling the Orion spacecraft and its four-person crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon.