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NASA’s Artemis II Mission Leaves Earth Orbit for Flight around Moon

By |2026-04-02T22:48:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission.Credit: NASA For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing a key burn of Orion’s main engine. [...]

Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon

By |2026-04-02T22:10:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover answer questions from reporters during the first downlink event of their mission. NASA NASA’s Artemis II crew is on the way to the Moon. After the mission management team polled “Go” Thursday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for five minutes [...]

Artemis II Flight Day 2: Crew, Houston Poll ‘Go’ for Translunar Injection Burn

By |2026-04-02T16:24:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA flight directors Rick Henfling (right) and Judd Frieling (left) sit on console in Mission Control’s White Flight Control room during NASA’s Artemis II mission launch on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.ROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC NASA’s Artemis II mission management team polled “Go” for the translunar injection burn to send the crew in the Orion spacecraft toward [...]

Artemis II Astronauts Launch to Moon

By |2026-04-02T12:50:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. See [...]

Artemis II Flight Update: Perigee Raise Burn Complete

By |2026-04-02T09:15:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A view of the Earth from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, on [...]

Artemis II Flight Update: Crew and Ground Teams Successfully Troubleshoot Orion’s Toilet

By |2026-04-02T00:06:00-04:00April 2nd, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A view over the shoulders of NASA astronauts Victor Glover (left) and Reid Wiseman (right), pilot and commander, respectively, inside the Orion spacecraft as they participate in a proximity operations demonstration. This demonstration tests the spacecraft’s ability to manually maneuver relative to another spacecraft, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, after separation, using its onboard navigation [...]

Artemis II Flight Update: Proximity Operations Complete, Perigee Raise Burn Up Next

By |2026-04-01T23:37:00-04:00April 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A view over the shoulders of NASA astronauts Victor Glover (left) and Reid Wiseman (right), pilot and commander, respectively, inside the Orion spacecraft as they participate in a proximity operations demonstration. This demonstration tests the spacecraft’s ability to manually maneuver relative to another spacecraft, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, after separation, using its onboard navigation [...]

Artemis II Flight Update: Apogee Raise Burn Complete, Crew Looks Ahead to Proximity Operations

By |2026-04-01T21:00:00-04:00April 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

A view of the Earth’s horizon from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the first hours of the Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT on [...]

Artemis II Flight Update: Perigee Raise Maneuver Complete; NASA to Hold Press Conference

By |2026-04-01T19:54:00-04:00April 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [...]

Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission

By |2026-04-01T19:44:00-04:00April 1st, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

The SLS (Space Launch System) launches with the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years. NASA’s [...]

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