Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard. April 1, 2026 at 22:35 UTC · Launch Successful Space Launch System Block 1 — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to Lunar flyby Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Crew: Gregory R. Wiseman, Victor J. Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Christina Koch The world's 7246th orbital launch attempt, and 73rd of 2026. Program: Artemis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-launches-to-the-moon-official-broadcast/ Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Mission patch: via The Space Devs.