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Artemis II
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Artemis II launching from LC-39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Names
  • Artemis 2
  • Exploration Mission-2 (EM-2)
Mission typeCrewed lunar flyby
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID
Mission duration9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes and 15 seconds[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Manufacturer
Start of mission
Launch dateApril 1, 2026, 22:35:12 UTC (6:35:12 p.m. EDT)[2][3]
RocketSpace Launch System
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B[4]
End of mission
Landing dateApril 11, 2026, 00:07:27 UTC (April 10, 5:07:27 p.m. PDT)[5]
Landing sitePacific Ocean
Flyby of Moon
Distance4,700 mi (7,600 km; 4,100 nmi) (planned)[6]
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Mission insignia  

Artemis 2 is a NASA mission. It is the second mission in NASA's Artemis program. It was the first mission with astronauts on the Orion spacecraft. The Artemis 2 was launched on April 1, 2026.[3]

Official crew portrait, clockwise from left: Koch, Glover, Hansen and Wiseman.

Plan

The Orion spacecraft will do a flyby of the Moon, and then come back to Earth.[6] Artemis 2 will be the first NASA mission to go to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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Artemis II Media

  • SLS core stage for Artemis II lifted into High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building shortly after stacking operations began in December 2024

  • Artemis I heat shield showing damage after recovery

  • Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module for the Artemis II mission being prepared in March 2025

  • The Artemis II stack being rolled out of the VAB before its February launch attempt, January 2026

  • The mission's upper stage, as seen on March 20

  • The backup (standing left) and prime crew of Artemis II after a news conference in December 2024. From left to right: Jenni Gibbons, Andre Douglas, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman

  • The crew of Artemis II walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building, just before boarding the spacecraft on April 1, 2026.

  • The crew of Artemis II training inside an Orion mock-up in January 2025

  • Diagram showing the planned objectives of the Artemis II mission

  • Key events from launch and ascent to space

References

  1. ↑ Artemis II: NASA’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years (in en-US). NASA. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ Clark, Stephen (February 21, 2026). "NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs" (in en). Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-says-it-needs-to-haul-the-artemis-ii-rocket-back-to-the-hangar-for-repairs/. Retrieved February 22, 2026. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Low, Lauren E.. Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission. NASA (April 1, 2026). Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hill, Bill. Exploration Systems Development Status (March 2012)NASA Advisory Council. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth (in en-US). NASA (April 10, 2026). Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hambleton, Kathryn. First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-Term Return to Moon (August 27, 2018)NASA. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024. Phys.org (March 7, 2023). Retrieved March 8, 2023.
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