Artemis II: Countdown to Launch Day

Artemis II: Countdown to launch day

NASA's historic mission around the moon is inching closer, targeting an April 1 launch date.

Artemis 2 moon mission latest news: NASA prepares for April 1 launch for lunar astronauts

Thursday, March 26, 2026: See our latest news and updates on NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission's progress to launch on April 1.

Artemis II: Inside the Moon mission to fly humans further than ever

Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis, Paul Sargeant and the Visual Journalism team at the BBC: Photo of the inside of my office door with an Artemis II flight plan taped to it. –Abbas Four astronauts will take a trip of more than half a million miles around our celestial neighbour and back home in a mission filled with wonderment, but also danger. Nasa’s Artemis II mission – which is scheduled to launch as soon as 1 April – will bring us stunning vie…

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission: The Countdown to Launch Starts Now

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission: The Countdown to Launch Starts NowAs early as April 1, 2026, NASA will launch the NASA Artemis II Mission, the first crewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft. Four astronauts will take a ten-day journey around the Moon testing the crew systems, life support, docking demonstrations and more. The countdown to launch starts now.NASA’s Artemis II flight test will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and M…

NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch

NASA is once again shooting for the Moon, for the first time since the 1970s. As soon as April 2026, NASA will launch its Artemis II mission, using the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket to send a crewed spacecraft, called Orion, into orbit. From there, the crew will journey to and circle around the Moon over 10 days. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we spoke to Scott Pace, the director of the Space Policy Institute at Geor…