Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Lunar flyby
Mission type
Human Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:35:12 GMT
Orbital launch #
#7246 ever
Go probability
90%
Weather
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Ground Winds
Mission
Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.