Artemis program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, D.C., USA

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Artemis II Orion lunar flyby

Apr 7, 2026

The “Integrity” Orion spacecraft, with NASA’s astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, has performed a flyby of the Moon on 6 April 2026. The Artemis II mission is now on a free-return trajectory that will bring the crew back to Earth for splashdown.

 

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Article "Artemis Astronauts Make History—Traveling Farther Than Any Human Has Gone Before"
Orion ship transporting the Artemis II crew surpasses Apollo 13’s distance record, set in 1970

by Micah Maidenberg
April 6, 2026