During the mission, as he watched the sun eclipsed by the moon, Wiseman felt the sight was beyond human comprehension, he said. He wasn’t the only one who felt that way. Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, a Christian, said his experiences were similar to Wiseman’s and he needed time to process.
The Artemis II crew is on course to make history Monday for traveling around the far side of the moon. NASA on Monday morning released a recording of astronaut Christina Koch talking with Mission Control in Houston about the Orion Spacecraft entering the moon’s sphere of influence.
The space agency conducted an unmanned test in 2022. Artemis II, originally planned to launch in February, was postponed due to problems with hydrogen fuel leaks and a helium system.
Artemis II, the first crewed lunar mission since 1972, launched on April 1, 2026, and successfully concluded on April 10. Four astronauts flew around the Moon, paving the way for a 2028 landing on the lunar surface (Artemis IV).
NASA's Artemis II crew successfully splashed down after their historic moon mission, as their Orion spacecraft made a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere Friday night.
(pilot), Christina Koch (mission specialist), and Jeremy Hansen (mission specialist). Artemis II was the second spaceflight for Wiseman, Glover, and Koch and the first spaceflight for Hansen.
Artemis II returned to Earth on April 10, 2026. Reentry is perhaps the most dangerous phase of the mission. The Orion spacecraft entered Earth’s atmosphere traveling at some 40,000 km (25,000 miles) per hour.
In the translunar injection (TLI) burn, which helped Artemis II escape Earth’s gravitational influence and fly to the Moon, the spacecraft traveled at 39,472 kilometers (24,527 miles) per hour. TLI and re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere when it returns were the two times during the mission it reached such high speeds.
Artemis III originally aimed to land humans on the Moon in 2027, with the first woman and the first person of color expected to set foot on the lunar surface in the Moon’s south polar region. It would have been the first time astronauts had landed on the Moon since 1972.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover Jr. joins ‘The Will Cain Show’ to discuss his relationship with God and how it helped him and his crew during the Artemis II mission to the moon.
Meet the astronauts who ventured around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight aboard NASA’s human deep space capabilities, paving the way for future lunar surface missions.
The Artemis II mission—NASA’s first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years—is a key step toward a long‑term return to the Moon and future crewed missions to Mars.
Artemis II, the agency’s first crewed mission in the Artemis campaign, is a key step in NASA’s path toward establishing a long-term presence at the Moon and confirming the systems needed to support future lunar surface exploration and paving the way for the first crewed mission to Mars.
The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of NASA’s Artemis program. NASA is currently targeting Wednesday, April 1, 2026 for the launch.
Artemis II will be the first crewed mission of the Artemis programme, carrying four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and back to Earth for the first time in over half a century.
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, with the Orion spacecraft atop carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida at 6:35 p.m.
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