Artemis II - Crewed Moon Flyby
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Artemis II - Crewed Moon Flyby

Launch Provider

NASA

Countdown to Launch

22
Days
12
Hours
41
Minutes
31
Seconds
Launch date is approximate: March 2026

About This Mission

Four brave astronauts will fly around the Moon and back to Earth in about 10 days. This is the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis program to return humans to the Moon!

Did You Know? 🤔

Artemis II will send humans around the Moon for the first time since 1972 - that's over 50 years ago!

Meet the Astronauts

Reid Wiseman

Astronaut

Victor Glover

Astronaut

Christina Koch

Astronaut

Jeremy Hansen

Astronaut

Rocket Specifications

Height

98 meters

Weight

2,600,000 kg

Payload

27,000 kg to the Moon

Cost

$4,100,000,000

Launch Details

Date

March 2026

Location

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Rocket

Space Launch System (SLS)

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