3D TRAJECTORY — NASA/JPL HORIZONS DATA
Earth
Moon
Orion
Predicted
Traveled
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TELEMETRY
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Distance to Earth (3D)
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km — from Earth center
Distance to Moon (3D)
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km — from Moon center
Velocity
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km/h
Radial Velocity
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km/s
RA (Right Ascension)
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hms
DEC (Declination)
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dms
ORION SYSTEMS
Life Support (ECLSS)
Power / Solar Panels
Communications (DSN)
Propulsion (OMS-E)
Navigation / Star Tracker
Heat Shield
CREW
RW
Reid Wiseman
Commander
NASA
VG
Victor Glover
Pilot
NASA
CK
Christina Koch
Mission Specialist
NASA
JH
Jeremy Hansen
Mission Specialist
CSA
MISSION TIMELINE (NASA/JPL DATA)
DAY 1 · 1 APR 22:35 UTC
Launch
SLS liftoff from LC-39B, KSC
MET 0/00:20
Solar Deploy
Orion deploys solar arrays in orbit
MET 0/03:24
ICPS Separation
Upper stage separation
MET 0/12:55
Perigee Raise
Burn to raise orbital perigee
DAY 2 · MET 1/01:14
Translunar Injection
TLI burn 5m 55s, delta-v 388 m/s
DAY 3 · MET 2/00:08
Trajectory Correction #1
Cancelled — trajectory nominal
DAY 4 · MET 3/01:08
Trajectory Correction #2
Fine adjustment toward Moon
DAY 5 · MET 4/04:29
TCB #3 + Lunar Sphere
Orion enters lunar gravitational sphere
DAY 6 · MET 5/00:31
Lunar Flyby
Closest approach ~6,500 km, far side
DAY 7 · MET 5/18:52
Lunar Sphere Exit
Return correction burn #1 scheduled
DAY 8 · MET 7/04:20
Manual Piloting
Orion manual piloting demonstration
DAY 10 · MET 9/01:09
Separation + Reentry
Service module sep., interface 122 km
DAY 10 · 11 APR 00:17 UTC
Splashdown
Pacific Ocean, off Baja California
LIVE COVERAGE — NASA TV / ARTEMIS II
ARTEMIS II MISSION (CAPCOM + Mission Control)
LIVE VIEWS FROM ORION
DEEP SPACE NETWORK — LIVE MAP
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COMMUNICATION SIGNAL
RADIATION — CREW RISK
SPACE WEATHER vs MISSION (7 DAYS)
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HISTORIC FIRSTS
NEO RADAR — NEARBY OBJECTS
NASA GALLERY — ARTEMIS II
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EARTH FROM DEEP SPACE (DSCOVR/EPIC)
Real photos of Earth taken from 1.5 million km by the DSCOVR satellite at point L1 — similar view to what the Artemis II crew sees
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PICTURE OF THE DAY (APOD)
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NEAR EARTH OBJECTS — NEXT 7 DAYS
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LD = Lunar Distance (384,400 km)
H = lower means larger and/or brighter
Palermo = impact risk scale (log10). -2 = low, 0 = similar to background risk
Torino = 0-10. 0 = no risk, 10 = certain global collision
MISSION DATA
VehicleSLS Block 1
SpacecraftOrion MPCV "Integrity"
Service Mod.ESM (ESA/Airbus)
TypeCrewed lunar flyby
Duration~10 days
Launch1 Apr 2026, 22:35 UTC
Splashdown~11 Apr 2026, 00:17 UTC
Mass to Moon~27,000 kg
Pressurized vol.19.6 m³
SLS Thrust39.1 MN
DEPLOYED CUBESATS (12U · Day 1 post-ICPS sep)
OPERATIONAL
ATENEA
CONAE — Argentina
Measures radiation from low Earth orbit to deep space.
Developed by CONAE.
OPERATIONAL
TACHELES
Neurospace / DLR — Germany
Tests lunar rover electronics.
Developed by Neurospace.
NO COMMUNICATION
K-RadCube
KASA — South Korea
Measures space radiation.
KASA investigating comms.
OPERATIONAL
Space Weather CubeSat-1
SSA — Saudi Arabia
Monitors space weather.
First SSA deep-space mission.