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NASA's Artemis II astronauts bring wealth of experience to moon mission. Meet the crew about to make history.
The Artemis II crew completed three years of training for a nine-day lunar flyby, a critical step toward moon landings and a future lunar base near the south pole.
- On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, NASA plans to launch the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, sending four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby aboard the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
- This mission marks the first crewed lunar flyby since the Apollo era, ending a 53-year hiatus since humans last traveled to Earth's closest neighbor.
- Commander Reid Wiseman leads the crew, joined by pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian to venture into deep space.
- Crew members will execute a figure-eight trajectory around the moon, testing life support and guidance systems before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California.
- Success with this test flight enables the Artemis III mission in 2027, which will test commercial landers and serve as a stepping stone for future deep-space exploration to Mars.
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