Day 1 Recap: NASA Artemis II Mission Launches Astronauts to The Moon

Day 1 Recap: NASA Artemis II Mission Launches Astronauts to The Moon

Artemis II’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lifted off from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) on April 1, 2026, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day test flight around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft.

Watch Artemis II Mission coverage on:

NASA+: https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-events/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nasa

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA/

X: https://x.com/nasa

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa

Check the Artemis blog for updates: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

Credit: NASA
Video Producer: Sonnet Apple
Music: Universal Production Music
Duration: 2 minutes, 23 seconds
Release Date: April 2, 2026

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