Artemis II Launches on the First Crewed Mission to the Moon since 1972!
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Celestia simulation of Artemis II during its closest approach to the Moon, 2026-Apr-6
Around 22:24 UTC on Wednesday, 1 April 2026, NASA successfully launched Artemis II on a 10-day mission to the Moon. It is the first crewed spaceflight to the Moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972, ending a 54-year gap in manned spaceflight beyond LEO.
The mission will make a flyby around the Moon at a distance of 6,000 km on 6 April 2026. By the time, they will be around 407,000 km from Earth, breaking the record of the furthest distance travelled by humans set by Apollo 13 in 1970. No landing attempt is planned until Artemis IV in 2028
All Artemis missions are available for download as add-ons for Celestia HERE
Official NASA Livestream of the Launch
Crew
Official portrait of the crew of Artemis II (annotated)
Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen will become the first woman, first person of color, and first non-American astronauts to travel to the Moon respectively
Mission Trajectory
Celestia simulation of Artemis II's prelaunch trajectory (retrieved from JPL-HORIZONS)