Artemis II Launch

Director of Flight Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Norm Knight, left, and Acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Lori Glaze, speak after watching the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission in Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Director of Flight Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Norm Knight, left, and Acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Lori Glaze, speak after watching the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission in Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

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