US EditionNASA's First Crewed Mission to the Moon Since Apollo Targeted for April Launch
The Artemis 2 mission will test critical spacecraft systems with four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby, traveling farther than any humans before, NASA said.
- On March 12, NASA announced an April 1 target launch for Artemis 2 from the Kennedy Space Center, with alternate April 3–6 windows following a Flight Readiness Review. The agency will roll the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B on March 19.
- Technical problems delayed the mission from February to March, then to April after engineers discovered a helium-flow issue on the rocket's upper stage and repaired a liquid hydrogen leak. Technicians refreshed other systems on both the Space Launch System and Orion capsule in the Vehicle Assembly Building.
- Artemis 2 will be a roughly 10-day crewed lunar flyby carrying four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen—traveling about 4,700 miles beyond the far side to test Orion's life-support and power systems. Koch and Glover are the first woman and first African American assigned to a NASA lunar mission.
- The crew will begin a two-week quarantine at the Johnson Space Center in Houston before launch. Artemis 2 is intended to advance NASA's Artemis campaign toward establishing a permanent lunar base and eventual crewed missions to Mars.
- NASA has reworked the Artemis sequence by adding a new mission between Artemis 2 and the planned lunar landing. Artemis 3 will dock in Earth orbit in 2027 with commercial lunar landers being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin as part of the agency's long-term goal of a permanent lunar base and crewed Mars missions.
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Over 10 days, Artemis II will orbit Earth, fly around the Moon, and test Orion systems, including drills, trajectory corrections, and lunar photography. The mission ends with a record-close lunar flyby, return preparations, and a safe Pacific splashdown.
NASA's first crewed mission to the moon since Apollo targeted for April launch
After another delay to NASAs planned mission to return humans to the moon, the four-member crew of Artemis II has been given a new launch window.NASA said the crew could lift off as soon as April 1, with additional launch opportunities later in the month. Officials plan to roll the Artemis II rocket and its Orion spacecraft off the launch pad on March 19. The astronauts will also begin a two-week prelaunch quarantine in the coming weeks.The late…
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