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Humanity Returns to the Moon · April 1, 2026 · Kennedy Space Center
SUCCESSFUL TLI Burn! (TransLunar Injection) April 2, 2026 ARTEMIS 2 GOING TO THE MOON!
Artemis II launched April 1, 2026
10-day free-return trajectory around the Moon
First crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 — 1972
Mission Elapsed Time
Flight Crew
RW
Reid Wiseman
Commander
NASA
VG
Victor Glover
Pilot
NASA
CK
Christina Koch
Mission Specialist
NASA
JH
Jeremy Hansen
Mission Specialist
CSA · Canada
10Mission Days
252,799 miMax Distance from Earth
4,112 miClosest Lunar Approach
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