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 type	Crewed lunar flyby
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	2026-069A
SATCAT no.	68538
Mission duration	9 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes and 15 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Orion CM-003 Integrity; ESM-2;
Manufacturer	Orion: Lockheed Martin; ESM: Airbus;
Start of mission
Launch date	April 1, 2026, 22:35:12 UTC (6:35:12 p.m. EDT)
Rocket	Space Launch System
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date	April 11, 2026, 00:07:27 UTC (April 10, 5:07:27 p.m. PDT)
Landing site	Pacific Ocean
Flyby of Moon
Distance	4,700 mi (7,600 km; 4,100 nmi) (planned)
	; Mission insignia Artemis program

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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References

↑ "Artemis II: NASA's First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years". NASA. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
↑ 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.
1 2 Low, Lauren E. (April 1, 2026). "Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission". NASA. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
↑ Hill, Bill (March 2012). "Exploration Systems Development Status" (PDF). NASA Advisory Council. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
↑ "NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth". NASA. April 10, 2026. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
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.
↑ "NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024". Phys.org. Agence France-Presse. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[NASA_Main-1] "Artemis II: NASA's First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years". NASA. Retrieved April 11, 2026.

[Clark_2026-02-21-2] 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.

[NASA_Launch-3] 1 2 Low, Lauren E. (April 1, 2026). "Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission". NASA. Retrieved April 2, 2026.

[HEOC-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.

[NASA-20260410-5] "NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth". NASA. April 10, 2026. Retrieved April 11, 2026.

[NASA-20180827-6] 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.

[phys-20230307-7] "NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024". Phys.org. Agence France-Presse. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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