Nasa official posts Artemis II update with crew ‘getting ready for what comes next’

• Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman has provided an encouraging update on the Artemis II mission, detailing the crew's progress on X.
• "Artemis II astronauts are doing great," he wrote.
• He confirmed the "Orion spacecraft is performing well in an impressive elliptical orbit," with the Mission Control team "taking good care of the crew."
• Back at the Kennedy Space Center, ground teams are "out at the pad getting ready for what comes next."
• Mr Isaacman concluded, "We are going to get into a rhythm of launching Moon rockets around here."

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