Completed · Success
NASA's Artemis II was a crewed lunar flyby around the Moon and back to Earth with four astronauts in April 2026.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- SLS (Space Launch System)
- Launch site
- Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Crewed, Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Orion · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- Artemis II: NASA's First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years - NASA — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims
- Liftoff! NASA Launches Astronauts on Historic Artemis Moon Mission - NASA — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Artemis II Flight Day 6: Crew Wraps Historic Lunar Flyby - NASA — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Artemis II Flight Day 10: Live Re-Entry Updates - NASA — NASAOther · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context