This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
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This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
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Watch live: Artemis II launch
The first launch opportunity for Artemis II, the first mission to bring astronauts towards the Moon in over 50 years, is set for 1 April at 18:24 local time (2 April at 00:24 CEST). Tune in from one hour before launch at 22:24 BST / 23:24 CEST on ESA Web TV to watch the launch.
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Godspeed, Artemis II!
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took this photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International Space Station’s cupola. She posted it on X on March 30, 2026, with the following caption: “Our work on the @Space_Station has provided the foundation to explore further, preparing us to return humans to the Moon this week. Stay […]
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How Artemis II Will Return Astronauts to the Moon
NASA is preparing for the launch of Artemis II, the first mission to send humans to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. With launch now mere hours away, NASA and the astronauts are moving into final preparations for flight.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-44
SpaceX Mission Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit
Pad Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Go for Launch
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.21L
Russian Space Forces Mission Type Communications
Orbit Elliptical Orbit
Pad 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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SLS Block 1 | Artemis II
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission Type Human Exploration
Orbit Lunar flyby
Pad Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Artemis II Launch Preparations News Conference
Press Event
Following a key mission meeting, NASA will host a news conference to provide a status update on preparations for launch. NASA participants include: - Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya - John Honeycutt, chair, Mission Management Team - Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, launch director - Emily Nelson, chief flight director
Artemis II Pre-Launch News Conference
Press Event
NASA will hold a prelaunch news conference on countdown status with the following participants: - Launch team representative - Mark Burger, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Artemis II Propellant Loading
Launch
NASA coverage of tanking operations to load propellant into NASA’s (SLS) Space Launch System rocket ahead of the Artemis II launch, including views of the rocket and audio from a commentator.
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International Space Station
Founded: 1998-11-20
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.
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Mir
Founded: 1986-02-20
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.
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Skylab
Founded: 1973-05-14
Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,000 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (famous for carrying the manned Moon landing missions). Three missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM), launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket. For the final two manned missions to Skylab, a backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready in case an in-orbit rescue mission was needed, but this backup vehicle was never flown.
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