Artemis II will be the first crewed mission to travel beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. A crew of four will fly Orion on a free-return trajectory around the Moon — proving out systems for the first lunar landing in over half a century.
Orion will re-enter Earth's atmosphere at ~25,000 mph before deploying parachutes and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
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Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Navy divers and recovery teams extract the crew and secure the capsule for return to shore.
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Orion splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Navy divers and recovery teams extract the crew and secure the capsule for return to shore.
Reid Wiseman is a NASA astronaut, U.S. Navy test pilot, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. He logged 165 days aboard the ISS as commander of Expedition 40/41 in 2014, conducting three spacewalks.
Commander of the first crewed Artemis mission to travel beyond low Earth orbit. The first crewed deep-space flight since Apollo 17 in December 1972.
On the heels of a successful Artemis II test flight, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are pressing forward for the next Artemis mission. Technicians maneuvered NASA’s massive core stage of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket insi…
Read more →The largest rocket section for NASA’s Artemis III mission arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27. The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage traveled 900 miles on the Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured, to complete assembly of th…
Victor Glover is a NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy aviator. He served as pilot on SpaceX Crew Dragon's first operational crew mission, living aboard the ISS for 168 days in 2020–21.
Pilot of Orion on Artemis II. The first person of color to travel to the Moon.
Christina Koch is a NASA astronaut and electrical engineer. She holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman — 328 consecutive days aboard the ISS, including the first all-female spacewalk with Jessica Meir.
First woman to travel to the Moon. Holds the female single-mission spaceflight duration record (328 days, ISS Expeditions 59–61).
Jeremy Hansen is a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, fighter pilot, and RCAF Colonel. A rookie to spaceflight, he will become the first non-American to travel beyond Earth orbit — a historic milestone for international space exploration.
First Canadian and first non-American to venture beyond Earth orbit. Represents the Artemis Program's international partnership.
After successfully being used to launch the Artemis II lunar test flight on April 1, NASA’s mobile launcher now is inside NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida in preparation for the Artemis III test flight mission rocket stacking operations. NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program rolled the lau…
Read more →Following the conclusion of NASA’s Artemis II test flight, teams at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are shifting focus to Artemis III, which is targeted to launch next year, by rolling the mobile launcher from Launch Complex 39B to NASA’s Kennedy Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida in preparation fo…
Read more →The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – has returned to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston following their historic lunar flyby miss…
Read more →Live re-entry updates for NASA’s Artemis II mission will be published on this page. All times are Eastern. 4:27 a.m. The Orion spacecraft is secured in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean and carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian…
Read more →At 2:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 8 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 4.2 feet-per-second and pushing Artemis II toward Earth. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen reviewed procedures and monitored the…
Read more →The Artemis II crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen — began the final phase of their journey home to the songs “Run to the Water” by Live, selected by the crew, and “Free” by Zac Brown Band, as they prepared for their third return tra…
Read more →At 10:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 9 seconds, producing an acceleration in velocity of 5.3 feet-per-second and pushing the Artemis II crew toward Earth. The crew is now more than halfway home.
Read more →On their last full day in space, the Artemis II crew began the morning with “Lonesome Drifter” by Charley Crockett as they approached Earth at 147,337 miles.
Read more →Source: NASA Artemis Blog (blogs.nasa.gov/artemis) · Refreshed every 2 min