Artemis II Live

Four astronauts are flying around the Moon right now — the first humans to venture this far from Earth since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Mission time

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From Earth

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miles

From Moon

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miles

Current phase

What's happening right now

Asking Claude to narrate the mission...

Mission milestones

Launch from Kennedy Space Center

Apr 1 · 6:35pm EDT

Translunar injection burn

Apr 1 · ~10pm EDT

Proximity operations demo

Apr 2 · Mission Day 2

Lunar flyby — closest approach

Apr 5 · ~4,100 miles from Moon

Maximum distance from Earth

Apr 5-6 · ~4,700 miles past Moon

Return coast to Earth

Apr 6-10

Splashdown in Pacific Ocean

~Apr 11 · Mission Day 10

The crew

Reid Wiseman

Commander · NASA

Victor Glover

Pilot · NASA

Christina Koch

Mission Specialist · NASA

Jeremy Hansen

Mission Specialist · CSA