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NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft have been transported by the Crawler-Transporter 2 from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 17 January 2026. Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed test flight in the Artemis campaign. Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the far side of the Moon: NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket launched the “Integrity” Orion spacecraft, with NASA’s astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 1 April 2026, at 22:35 UTC (18:35 EDT). Artemis II is NASA’s first crewed test flight in the Artemis campaign, with four astronauts flying aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the far side of the Moon.
The “Integrity” Orion spacecraft, with NASA’s astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, has successfully separated from the upper stage of NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket approximately 3.5 hours after being launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on 1 April 2026, at 22:35 UTC (18:35 EDT).