NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission
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The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.
NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA will launch two crewed missions in early February, sending astronauts to the ISS to prepare for Mars missions and another crew to orbit the moon.
NASA last sent astronauts to the Moon during the Apollo program between 1968 and 1972. Twenty-four astronauts travelled to lunar orbit, and 12 walked on the Moon’s surface.
The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Artemis II could launch in February.
The Artemis II mission that will take a crew of astronauts around the moon and back to Earth is expected to launch no earlier than February 6, 2026.