SLS Block 1 | Artemis II

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.

Human Exploration · Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)

• Jeremy HansenMission Specialist · CSA
• Gregory R. WisemanSpacecraft Commander · NASA
• Victor J. GloverPilot · NASA
• Christina KochMission Specialist · NASA

No booster details available.

• NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast) — NASA
• NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to the Moon (Official Broadcast) — NASA

1. -P2DT1H50MLaunch Team On Stations
2. -P2DT1H40MCountdown Start
3. -P2DT1H40MProp Load Preparations
4. -P1DT21H30MOrion Power On
5. -P1DT18H20MCore Stage Power On
6. -P1DT18H10MICPS Power On
7. -P1DT15H45MRS-25 Preparations
8. -P1DT11H45MICPS Power Off
9. -P1DT9H30MOrion Batteries Charging
10. -P1DT7H30MCore Stage Batteries Charging
11. T−20H15MICPS Power On
12. T−15HPad Closeout
13. T−14H15MRocket Cavity Inerting
14. T−13H15MGLS Activation
15. T−12H35MBuilt-In Hold
16. T−10H50MGO for Prop Load
17. T−10H50MOrion Cold Soak
18. T−10H40MCore Stage LH2 Chill
19. T−10H40MCore Stage LOX Transfer Chill
20. T−10H25MCore Stage LOX Prop Chill
21. T−9H55MCore Stage LH2 Slow Fill
22. T−9H50MResume T-Clock
23. T−9H40MCore Stage LOX Slow Fill
24. T−9H30MCore Stage LOX Fast Fill
25. T−9H25MCore Stage LH2 Fast Fill
26. T−9H5MICPS LH2 Chill
27. T−8H30MICPS LH2 Fast Fill
28. T−8HCore Stage LH2 Topping
29. T−7H55MCore Stage LH2 Replenish
30. T−7H45MICPS LH2 Vent & Relief Test
31. T−7H20MICPS LH2 Topping
32. T−7H5MICPS LH2 Replenish
33. T−6H40MOrion Comms On
34. T−6H40MCore Stage LOX Topping
35. T−6H40MICPS LOX Prop Chill
36. T−6H30MICPS LOX Fast Fill
37. T−6H10MCloseout Crew Assemble
38. T−6H10MStage Pad Rescue
39. T−6H5MCore Stage LOX Replenish
40. T−6HWeather Check
41. T−5H45MICPS LOX Vent & Relief Test
42. T−5H30MICPS LOX Topping
43. T−5H10MICPS LOX Replenish
44. T−5H10MBuilt-In Hold
45. T−5H10MAll Stages Replenish
46. T−5H10MCloseout Crew To White Room
47. T−4H40MFlight Crew To Pad
48. T−4HOrion Boarding
49. T−3H40MHatch Closure
50. T−3H10MHatch Seal Checks
51. T−2H20MHatch Closeouts
52. T−1H40MLAS Hatch Closure
53. T−1H10MTPS Scan
54. T−50MPad Clear
55. T−50MTest Director Briefing
56. T−40MBuilt-In Hold
57. T−25MOrion Comms Transition
58. T−17MReady Poll
59. T−15MVisors Down
60. T−14MShort Purge
61. T−10MTerminal Count
62. T−8MCrew Access Arm Retract
63. T−6MTank Press
64. T−6MOrion Pyros Arm
65. T−6MOrion Internal Power
66. T−5M57SCore Stage LH2 Replenish End
67. T−5M20SLAS Available
68. T−4M40SLH2 High Flow Bleed Check
69. T−4M30SFTS Arm
70. T−4MCore Stage APU Start
71. T−4MCore Stage LOX Replenish End
72. T−3M30SICPS LOX Replenish End
73. T−3M10SPurge Sequence 4
74. T−2M2SICPS Internal Power
75. T−2MBooster Internal Power
76. T−1M30SCore Stage Internal Power
77. T−1M20SICPS Terminal Count
78. T−50SICPS LH2 Replenish End
79. T−33SGO for Launch
80. T−30SCore Stage Terminal Count
81. T−12SHydrogen Burnoff Igniters
82. T−10SCore Stage Engine Start
83. T−6.36SIgnition
84. P0DLiftoff
85. P0DBooster Ignition
86. T+9STower Clear
87. T+56SSupersonic
88. T+1M10SMax-Q
89. T+2M8SSRB Separation
90. T+3M18SLaunch Escape Jettison
91. T+8M6SMECO
92. T+8M18SStage 2 Separation
93. T+8M28SICPS RL10 Nozzle Extension
94. T+20MOrion Solar Arrays Deployment
95. T+49MPerigee Raise Burn
96. T+1H47M57SApogee Raise Burn
97. T+3H24M15SOrion Separation
98. T+4H35MProximity Operations End
99. T+4H52MOrion Separation Burn
100. T+5HICPS Disposal Burn
101. T+5H4MCubeSats Deployment
102. T+13H44MPerigee Raise Burn
103. P1DT1H37MTranslunar Injection Burn
104. P1DT23H25MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
105. P2DT7MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
106. P2DT2H5MCrew CPR Demo
107. P2DT5H25MDSN Comms Test
108. P3DT12MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
109. P3DT3H40MLunar Flyby Imaging Plan Review
110. P3DT5H45MLunar Flyby Imaging Plan Review
111. P3DT20H30MSpacesuits Demo
112. P4DT5H23MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
113. P4DT6H59MOrion Enters Lunar SOI
114. P4DT22HLunar Flyby
115. P5DT1H23MLunar Closest Approach
116. P5DT1H26MMax Distance To Earth
117. P5DT19H47MOrion Exits Lunar SOI
118. P5DT21H10MLunar Flyby Debrief
119. P6DT4H23MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
120. P7DT1H50MRadiation Shielding Demo
121. P7DT4H20MManual Piloting Demo
122. P7DT23H15MOrthostatic Intolerance Garment Test
123. P8DT2H10MOrthostatic Intolerance Garment Test
124. P8DT4H33MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
125. P8DT20H33MOrbital Trajectory Correction Burn
126. P8DT22H30MCrew Entry Preparations
127. P9DT1H13MOrion Service Module Jettison
128. P9DT1H16MOrion Raise Burn
129. P9DT1H33MAtmospheric Entry
130. P9DT1H46MOrion Splashdown
131. P9DT1H53MOrion RCS Safing
132. P9DT2H1MOrion Power Off

• Launch success with Orion separation.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/2/2026 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2026 · source

• New T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2026 · source

• Extending hold at T-10 minutes.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2026 · source

• Updated launch weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2026 · source

• Official Webcast by NASA has started

  LL2 · 4/1/2026 · source

• Updated launch weather.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2026 · source

• T-0 is accurate to the second.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2026 · source

• Updated launch weather, 80% GO.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/29/2026 · source

• Targeting April 1st.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 3/12/2026 · source