Artemis II

Crew:
    Gregory Wiseman [2], Commander (USA)
    Victor Glover [2], Pilot (USA)
    Christina Koch [2], Flight Participant (USA)
    Jeremy Hansen [1], Flight Participant (Canada)

Backup Crew:
    Andre Douglas (USA)
     (for Koch)
    Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons (Canada)
     (for Hansen)

Launch:
    Location: LC-39B, John F. Kennedy Space Center, FL
    Date: 1 April 2026
    Time: 22:35:12 UTC

Landing:
    Date: 11 April 2026
    Time: 00:07:27 UTC
    Location: 32° 18' N, 117° 48' W (Pacific Ocean, off San Diego, CA)

Duration: 9 days, 1 hours, 32 minutes, 15 seconds

Call Sign: Integrity

Recovery Vessel: USS John P. Murtha

First manned flight of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. The first day of flight included system checks, a perigee burn, an approximately 70 minute test of manual proximity operations (testing close-range approach and retreay maneuvers), and an apogee burn. Issues with the toilet (first time a toilet has been included for a flight going beyond low Earth orbit) were troubleshot and resolved.

At 11:49:50 UTC on 2 April 2026, a TLI (Trans Lunar Injection) burn took place, sending Artemis II on a path to the moon for a lunar flyby. The flyby took place on 6 April 2026, with the closest point to the lunar surface at 4067 miles. A course correction burn adjusted the speed and direction for the journey home. This was the first course correction burn of the mission, the outbound trajectory was so good no corrections were necessary. A couple other return burns allowed Integrity to land virtually on the planned target.

Artemis II Crew

 

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