Artemis II
NASA's Artemis II launches four astronauts on first crewed SLS-Orion flight toward the Moon
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NASA's Artemis II mission lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT (22:35 UTC) on Wednesday, carrying four experienced astronauts—Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen—aboard the first crewed Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. The nine-day voyage will loop around the far side of the Moon, testing critical systems like manual navigation, life support, and communications for future lunar landings, marking the farthest human spaceflight since Apollo 17 in 1972.
NASA's Artemis II crew—commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—is in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, with the Space Launch System rocket returned to the pad after repairs. Launch opportunities open as early as April 1 for the first human lunar trip since 1972, featuring a flyby of the moon's far side.
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NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight beyond Earth orbit in over 50 years, launches today carrying Argentina's ATENEA satellite aboard the Orion spacecraft. ATENEA, a 12U CubeSat fully developed in Argentina, is the only Latin American participant selected from over 50 countries' proposals. The mission will test key systems en route to lunar orbit.