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Artemis II

Crewed Lunar Program Missions

Artemis II, launched by NASA on April 1, 2026, was a crewed flyby of the Moon and the only crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego, California on April 11, 2026, where the U.S. Navy recovered them.

Facts
Mission Type
Crewed lunar flyby 1
Launch Date
2026-04-01 2
End Date
2026-04-11 1
Outcome
Successfully completed crewed lunar flyby; splashdown and crew recovery occurred April 11, 2026 in the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego. 2
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Flyby Mission 1
Mission Type (category)
Crewed Mission 1
Connections

Crewed By

Christina Koch, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Jeremy Hansen, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Reid Wiseman, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Victor Glover, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Sources
1. Artemis II (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, first sentence
    was a crewed flyby of the Moon
  • Re-entry and splashdown section
    Splashdown occurred April 11, 2026
  • Lead section
    It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit (LEO) since Apollo 17 in 1972 and the only crewed flight beyond LEO not part of the Apollo program.
  • In Group: Artemis Program Missions, Lead sentence
    Artemis II (April 1-11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon and first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Artemis II article, infobox
    Splashdown occurred April 11, 2026...in the Pacific Ocean southwest of San Diego, California, where the U.S. Navy recovered the crew
  • Operated By: NASA, Artemis II
    Operator: NASA
  • Crewed By: Reid Wiseman, Artemis II
    Artemis II was crewed by four astronauts: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch, all from the NASA Astronaut Corps, along with mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Astronaut Corps.
  • Crewed By: Victor Glover, Artemis II
    Artemis II was crewed by four astronauts: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch, all from the NASA Astronaut Corps, along with mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Astronaut Corps.
  • Crewed By: Christina Koch, Artemis II
    Artemis II was crewed by four astronauts: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch, all from the NASA Astronaut Corps, along with mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Astronaut Corps.
  • Crewed By: Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II
    Artemis II was crewed by four astronauts: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialist Christina Koch, all from the NASA Astronaut Corps, along with mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Astronaut Corps.
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