ARTEMIS II

Humanity Returns to the Moon

April 1–10, 2026

Launch

April 1, 2026 - 6:35 PM EDT Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Upper Stage Separation

The Crew

252,706

miles from home

Farther than any human has ever traveled

Day 4

The far side appears.

Vavilov Crater

The far side of the Moon. Terrain no human eye had ever seen.

Lunar Far Side Flyby

Simulated flyby of the lunar far side

Earthrise. Again.

For the first time in 53 years.

A Solar Eclipse

From the far side of the Moon 54 minutes of totality

The View

From 200,000 miles out

10,000

700,237

photos

miles flown

Splashdown

April 10, 2026, 8:07 PM EDT Pacific Ocean, near San Diego A perfect bullseye splashdown

This was just the flyby.

Next: Artemis III, boots on the Moon.

Images and videos credit: Nasa