Atlas — the interactive world
the Moon · Ocean · Explore · All time · 0 of 37 located marks in focus · editorial corpus · no live source connected
mission
Close ✕Artemis II
The first crewed flight of the Space Launch System and Orion, and the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17. Launched 1 April 2026 at 6:35 p.m.
No recorded place · 2026-04-01 – 2026-04-10
Lunar mission
Operated byNASA · United States
ProgrammeArtemis
ClassCrewed orbit · crewed
Outcomesuccess
Launched2026-04-01
Arrived2026-04-06
PositionThis mission did not reach the surface. It has no position because it never had one.
Connections
- launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B — Artemis II lifted off from Launch Complex 39B at 6:35 p.m. EDT on 1 April 2026.
- is record superseded by of Apollo 13 — Apollo 13's swing around the far side took the crew 248,655 miles from Earth, the human distance record until Artemis II passed it on 6 April 2026 and reached 252,756 miles.
- first crewed flight of Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) — Artemis II carried the first crew aboard Orion and the first humans beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates