Artemis II Orion crewed lunar-flyby spacecraft family
NASA Artemis II was the 2026 crewed Orion lunar-flyby mission carrying four astronauts around the far side of the Moon and safely back to Earth as the first crewed Artemis test flight.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Artemis IIArtemis 2Orion Artemis IIOrion capsule
- Family Name
- Artemis II
- Full Name
- Artemis II Orion crewed lunar-flyby spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflybytechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Artemis II was the 2026 crewed Orion lunar-flyby mission carrying four astronauts around the far side of the Moon and safely back to Earth as the first crewed Artemis test flight.
- First Flight Year
- 2,026
- Last Flight Year
- 2,026
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:37:01 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 21:16:32 UTC