Artemis II

Artemis II
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 ID2026-069A
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Mission duration9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes and 15 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Manufacturer
Start of mission
Launch dateApril 1, 2026, 22:35:12 UTC (6:35:12 p.m. EDT)
RocketSpace Launch System
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing dateApril 11, 2026, 00:07:27 UTC (April 10, 5:07:27 p.m. PDT)
Landing sitePacific Ocean
Flyby of Moon
Distance4,700 mi (7,600 km; 4,100 nmi) (planned)

Mission insignia  

Artemis 2 is[source?] 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.

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. Artemis 2 will be the first NASA mission to go to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "Artemis II: NASA's First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years". 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". Ars Technica. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Low, Lauren E. (April 1, 2026). "Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission". NASA. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hill, Bill (March 2012). "Exploration Systems Development Status" (PDF). NASA Advisory Council. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ "NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth". NASA. April 10, 2026. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  6. 1 2 Hambleton, Kathryn (August 27, 2018). "First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-Term Return to Moon". NASA. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024". Phys.org. Agence France-Presse. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.