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During a historic lunar flyby, Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft Integrity photographed and described features on the Moon's far side and observed an Earthset and a total solar eclipse.

The WNBA and NBA Board of Governors approved expansion teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia; Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia in 2030.

The Artemis II crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations ahead of a scheduled April 1 launch that would send them on a nearly 700,000-mile trip around the moon and back. Countdown clocks are expected to start Monday, with the crew able to launch through April 6 before conditions would force a delay.

The Artemis II crew is approaching the Moon and preparing to enter the lunar sphere of influence as they ready photography and geology observations; NASA reported the spacecraft was about 271,979 kilometres from Earth and 178,154 kilometres from the Moon upon waking.