What is NASA’s Artemis II moon mission, and when will it launch?

What time is the Artemis II launch?

If everything goes to plan, NASA will launch today at 6:24 p.m., when the launch window opens.

What is NASA’s Artemis II moon mission, and when will it launch?

For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will travel around the moon to test deep-space life-support systems.

Your Guide to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Mission

The countdown has begun. The crew is ready. And barring any last-minute hiccups, four astronauts on Wednesday will begin a journey that sends them farther from Earth than any human has gone before. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen—the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission—are expected to travel more than 230,000 miles from Earth and 4,600 miles beyond the far sid…