Artemis II’s Biggest Test Ended With a Safe Pacific Splashdown
The Moon flyby carried the wonder. The return carried the proof that NASA’s crewed lunar system could bring astronauts home from deep space. Artemis II was never supposed to be…
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Artemis II’s Real Test Begins on the Way Home
The lunar flyby gave Artemis II its wonder. The return gives it something even more important: proof. As Orion races back toward Earth, NASA is testing the part of the…
Artemis II Images Make Earth Look Smaller
The new Artemis II Earthset images show what happens when a spacecraft carries people far enough for Earth to stop filling the frame. The most striking part of the new…
Artemis II Enters Its Most Isolated Phase Behind the Moon
As Orion moves behind the Moon, the Artemis II crew enters the Artemis II Moon blackout phase and temporarily loses contact with Earth during the mission’s most isolated and operationally…
Artemis II Is Changing How Astronauts See Earth
As NASA’s crew moves deeper into space, the mission is starting to land less as a technical achievement and more as a human realization: Earth looks smaller, rarer, and harder…
Artemis II’s First Earth Images Make the Mission Real
NASA’s first Artemis II Earth images show the planet exactly as the crew sees it from Orion, turning a distant Moon mission into something immediate and personal. The first Artemis…
Artemis II Leaves Earth Behind
Artemis II has entered deep space after leaving Earth orbit, marking the first time since 1972 that humans have traveled beyond it. The real turning point in NASA’s lunar mission…
Artemis II Reopens Deep Space
Artemis II has launched, sending humans back to deep space for the first time since Apollo with a crewed flight around the Moon – without landing. NASA has successfully launched…
Artemis II Still Targets April 1 Launch
The latest NASA mission events update still lists Artemis II for no earlier than April 1, 2026, at 6:24 p.m. EDT, with additional launch opportunities running through April 6. That…