Countdown To The Takeoff: NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon
The crew of four astronauts will lift off on the approximately 10-day mission from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, blazing beyond Earth’s grasp atop the agency’s Moon rocket.
Today 12:50 pm
NASA’s Artemis II Crew
Launches to the Moon
(Official Broadcast)
Details
DATE: 1st April 2026
TIME: 12:50 pm
TIME ZONE: New York
Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed mission under the Artemis program and will launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon. Among objectives, the agency will test the Orion spacecraft’s life support systems for the first time with people and lay the groundwork for future crewed Artemis missions.
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