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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. EDT (22:35 UTC) from Launch Complex 39B carrying commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. A single translunar injection burn placed Orion on a true free-return trajectory — had every engine failed afterwards, lunar gravity would still have returned the crew to Earth. The spacecraft passed behind the lunar far side on 6 April at a closest approach of roughly 6,500 km above the surface, and at 1:56 p.m. EDT that day exceeded Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record for the farthest humans have travelled from Earth, ultimately reaching 252,756 miles (406,771 km). Splashdown off San Diego at 8:07 p.m. EDT on 10 April 2026, after 9 days and about 1 hour. The mission made no lunar orbit insertion and no landing.

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  1. Story
  2. 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. EDT (22:35 UTC) from Launch Complex 39B carrying commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and CSA mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. A single translunar injection burn placed Orion on a true free-return trajectory — had every engine failed afterwards, lunar gravity would still have returned the crew to Earth. The spacecraft passed behind the lunar far side on 6 April at a closest approach of roughly 6,500 km above the surface, and at 1:56 p.m. EDT that day exceeded Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record for the farthest humans have travelled from Earth, ultimately reaching 252,756 miles (406,771 km). Splashdown off San Diego at 8:07 p.m. EDT on 10 April 2026, after 9 days and about 1 hour. The mission made no lunar orbit insertion and no landing.
  3. Knowledge
  4. Artemis II
  5. Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)
  6. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
  7. Connections
  8. Apollo 13
  9. Orion (Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle)
  10. Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
  11. NASA concludes the Orion heat shield investigation
  12. Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972
  13. Artemis II rounds the lunar far side and breaks the Apollo 13 distance record
  14. Artemis II splashes down off San Diego
  15. Artemis I
  16. Artemis II
  17. Apollo Lunar Module
  18. Artemis I launches uncrewed from Launch Complex 39B
  19. Artemis I splashes down after 25 days
  20. NASA concludes the Orion heat shield investigation
  21. Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972
  22. Artemis II splashes down off San Diego
  23. Artemis III crewed low Earth orbit demonstration (planned)
  24. Artemis IV first crewed lunar south pole landing (planned)
  25. Artemis I
  26. Artemis II
  27. John F. Kennedy Space Center
  28. Artemis I launches uncrewed from Launch Complex 39B
  29. Artemis II launches — first crew beyond low Earth orbit since 1972
  30. Evidence
  31. Records the Artemis II launch at 6:35 p.m. EDT on 1 April 2026 from Launch Pad 39B, the crew of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, and the free-return circumlunar profile.
  32. Records that on 6 April 2026 the Artemis II crew surpassed Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record and reached 252,756 miles (406,771 km) from Earth, and that splashdown occurred at 8:07 p.m. EDT on 10 April 2026 off San Diego.
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