#Live verfolgen: Der erste Starttermin für Artemis II, die erste Mission seit über 50 Jahren, bei der Astronaut*innen Richtung Mond gebracht werden sollen, ist für den 1. April um 18:24 Uhr Ortszeit (2. April um 00:24 Uhr MESZ) angesetzt. Eine Stunde vor dem Start (23:24 Uhr

The Artemis II crew is boarding Orion.  Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy are taking their seats atop the most powerful manned rocket ever built. They have trained for years for this moment, and now they are preparing to execute a mission that will take us back around the Moon

In just a few hours, NASA is set to launch Artemis II—sending humans back toward the Moon for the first time in decades. This morning at 10:35 a.m. ET, we collected these highly detailed images of the launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, showing final

LIFTOFF of #Artemis II on 1 April 23:35 BST/ 00:35 CEST 2 April 2026 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, carrying the second NASA Orion spacecraft with its ESA European Service Module! #ForwardToTheMoon Airbus Space Canadian Space Agency

Artemis II on the GOES-19

Absolutely breathtaking view of the Artemis II launch. Wow.

Godspeed my friends. I don’t have words to describe this feeling. Say hi to the Moon, and see you in 10 days.

Approaching the near side of the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to

A new "even closer" view of the Moon from #ArtemisII during its flyby on April 6, 2026. The view of the 183-mile-wide Mare Orientale is amazing!

10,000 miles left now!

Artemis 2 Lunar approach timelapse.

"We will always choose each other." Mission control has reacquired signal with the Artemis II crew after the mission’s planned loss of signal. Our astronauts are once again using the Deep Space Network to keep conversation and science data flowing between space and Earth.

4 HORAS EN 9 SEGUNDOS 🌕 ¡Así fue el aproximamiento de la cápsula Orión a la Luna!

The image captures a historic moment from NASA's Artemis ll space mission, showing the Orion spacecraft near the Moon, with Earth visible in the distance. On April 6, 2026, the crew performed the lunar flyby, traveling around the far side of the Moon. This mission set a new

We’ll be tracking the aerial assets in place to welcome the Artemis II crew home on Friday, but for the moment, just enjoy some of the amazing images captured by the crew so far.

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

In Japan, robots are playing basketball and can make free throws It’s the Toyota CUE7 robot. It stands 220 cm tall and weighs 74 kg.

Let's relive liftoff 🚀

The ST40 fusion reactor achieved a world-record plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius in 2022, and now for the first tie the plasma inside has been filmed in color.