SLS Block 1 | Artemis II

Launch information

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Mission description

Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘SLS Block 1 | Artemis II’.

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TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: April 30, 2026, midnight

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Artemis II (Lunar flyby)

Launcher

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rocket

Space Launch System (SLS)

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39B

Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (April 30, 2026).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (April 30, 2026).

Latest news about the launch

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NASA, Australia Team Up for Artemis II Lunar Laser Communications Test

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, researchers at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are collaborating with The Australian National University (ANU) to prove inventive, cost-saving laser communications technologies in the lunar envi...

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Integrated Testing on Horizon for Artemis II Launch Preparations

Teams responsible for preparing and launching Artemis II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are set to begin a series of integrated tests to get ready for the mission. With the upper stage of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) integrated with o...

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Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as SLS faces budget cuts

The SLS program continues with preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon’s vicinity… The post Artemis II stacking and preparations underway even as SLS faces budget cuts appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.


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