Artemis 2

Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and systems at the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida performed.
Posted April 21, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 2
Earth's Moon
In this photo taken on April 6, 2026, a portion of the Moon’s far side is seen along the terminator—the boundary between lunar day and night—where low-angle sunlight casts long shadows across the surface. A section of Orientale Basin is visible along the upper right portion of the lunar disk, its structure subtly revealed under […]
Posted April 16, 2026
I Am Artemis
Artemis
Artemis 2
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Orion Program
Listen to this audio excerpt from Rebekah Tolatovicz, a mechanical technician lead supporting the Orion spacecraft’s main contractor Lockheed Martin: At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, there is a fleet of Orion spacecraft in work, and Rebekah Tolatovicz’s hands have helped build each one.
Posted April 15, 2026
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
G. Reid Wiseman
Victor J. Glover
NASA’s Artemis II crew – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – smile at friends, family, and colleagues. They shared brief remarks with the crowd after landing at Ellington Airport near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, April 11, 2026, after a […]
Posted April 15, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on Friday, April […]
Posted April 14, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Humans in Space
Johnson Space Center
Fresh off their return to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their historic mission around the Moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, […]
Posted April 13, 2026
Artemis 2
Missions
This image from April 10, 2026, captures NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its parachutes deployed, seconds before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis II crew accomplished many milestones on their nearly 10-day mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record for farthest crewed spaceflight and capturing views of the far side of the Moon.
Posted April 11, 2026
Humans in Space
Artemis 2
Earth's Moon
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Missions
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday off the coast […]
Posted April 11, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 2
Earth
Earth's Moon
Seen during Artemis II’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun. The Moon’s surface appears in sharp detail in the foreground, while Earth sits much farther away, smaller and softly lit in the background. A faint reflection in the spacecraft window […]
Posted April 10, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
I Am Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m.
Posted April 10, 2026
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