A key engine burn Thursday is expected to put NASA's Artemis II astronauts on an irreversible path around the moon.

The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.

The engine firing provided a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it up to some 25,000 mph, the velocity needed to break free of Earth's gravitational clasp for a trek to the moon.

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It has been 50 years since humans last walked the lunar surface, and NASA’s efforts to get back there will take place in stages.

The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission will be hurtling toward the Moon this holiday weekend, set to be captured by the lunar gravity by Sunday before beginning the historic flyby.

The "Pink Moon" will rise on the same day Artemis 2 is due to launch a crew of 4 to lunar space.

NASA's latest photos from the Artemis II mission show Earth in stunning details as the astronauts near a milestone distance of 100,000 miles away.