ARTEMIS II — Mission Monitor

T-MINUS TO LIFTOFF

COUNTING DOWN TO LAUNCH WINDOW OPEN

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-- HRS

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TARGET LIFTOFF 01 APR 2026 · 18:35 EDT

WINDOW DURATION LAUNCHED 18:35 EDT · SPLASHDOWN ~10 APR

MISSION DURATION ~10 DAYS

SPLASHDOWN TARGET PACIFIC · OFF SAN DIEGO

SPACECRAFT POSITION · LIVE

EXPAND

DISTANCE FROM EARTH

DISTANCE FROM MOON

PHASE

PRE-LAUNCH

EST. VELOCITY

ARTEMIS II · SPACECRAFT POSITION · LIVE TRAJECTORY

MISSION TIMELINE

COUNTDOWN

NOW

LIFTOFF

01 APR T+0

OUTBOUND
TRANSIT

~T+2D

LUNAR
FLYBY

~T+5D

RETURN
TRANSIT

~T+7D

SPLASH-
DOWN

~T+10D

MISSION PARAMETERS

VEHICLE

SLS BLOCK 1

Space Launch System · 322 ft

SPACECRAFT

ORION "INTEGRITY"

First crewed Orion mission

TRAJECTORY

FREE-RETURN

No lunar orbit insertion

LAUNCH PAD

LC-39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL

MAX DISTANCE

~4,700 MI PAST MOON

Farthest crewed spaceflight

REENTRY SPEED

25,000 MPH

~40,000 km/h · ~Mach 32

MISSION TYPE

CREWED LUNAR FLYBY

First crewed beyond LEO since 1972

PROGRAM

NASA ARTEMIS

Artemis II · Flight 2

WEATHER GO/NO-GO

80% FAVORABLE

Concerns: clouds, high winds

FLIGHT CREW

CDR · Commander

Reid Wiseman

NASA

PLT · Pilot

Victor Glover

NASA

First person of color beyond LEO

MS1 · Mission Specialist

Christina Koch

NASA

First woman beyond LEO

MS2 · Mission Specialist

Jeremy Hansen

CSA · Canada

First non-US citizen beyond LEO

MISSION STATUS LOG

01 APR · 07:45 EDT GO NASA launch day coverage begins. Tanking operations underway. Launch Director gives GO for propellant loading.

29 MAR · 14:00 EDT NOMINAL NASA status update: zero technical issues. All systems tracking green for April 1 attempt.

27 MAR · 14:30 EDT GO Crew arrives at KSC. Final quarantine phase begins.

20 MAR · 11:21 EDT NOMINAL SLS/Orion stack arrives at LC-39B after 11-hr rollout. All pad systems nominal.

25 FEB · 09:38 EST HOLD Rollback to VAB initiated. Helium flow anomaly detected. Launch delayed to April NET.

19 FEB · — NOMINAL Second wet dress rehearsal completes successfully. No anomalies detected.

LAUNCH DAY WEATHER · LC-39B · 01 APR 2026

OVERALL

80% GO

PRIMARY CONCERN

CLOUD COVERAGE

SECONDARY CONCERN

HIGH WINDS

BACKUP WINDOWS

APR 2–6, APR 30