NASA's Artemis 2 crew is orbiting Earth before a critical engine burn later tonight will push them toward the moon.

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.

Where is Artemis II right now? The astronauts are orbiting Earth in NASA's Orion space capsule about 184 times higher than International Space Station.

The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft are heading to the Moon after completing the critical engine burn that propels the capsule on its journey.

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The Orion capsule carrying four astronauts in NASA's Artemis II mission successfully fired its engines this morning, kicking the crew out of Earth's orbit and bound for the moon.