Artemis II is scheduled to end with a splashdown of its capsule in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on Friday, April 10, California time.
The Artemis II crew exited the Moon’s sphere of influence on April 7, 2026.
Artemis II carries four crew members in the Orion spacecraft: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen.
Artemis II launched from Cape Canaveral on 2 April 2026 at 00:35 Italian time.
Artemis II crew member Reid Wiseman’s late wife was named Carroll.
The Artemis II launch footage shows overexpanded RS-25 nozzles pushing the exhaust inward.
Artemis II Flight Day 7 included CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen among the crew.
The chips on Artemis II are embedded in HERA, or Hybrid Electronic Radiation Assessor.
The Artemis II crew consisted of Reid Wiseman as commander, Victor Glover as pilot, Christina Koch as mission specialist, and Jeremy Hansen as mission specialist.
The Artemis II crew is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday, April 10, 2026 at approximately 5:07 p.m. PDT.
Artemis II is part of NASA’s Artemis program.
The Artemis II crew observed four to six distinct micrometeorite impact flashes during the lunar eclipse period.
Artemis II is the first crewed mission in the Artemis program architecture.
Space Tango developed the payload that carries the Avatar chips on Artemis II.
ADVACAM has six chips flying on Artemis II to measure how cosmic radiation affects astronauts and Orion electronics.
The Moon blocked direct radio communication between Orion and Earth during Artemis II’s far-side lunar passage.
Artemis II uses radiation data to verify that Orion's radiation shielding works as designed.
The Orion spacecraft performed a ship-to-ship radio call with the International Space Station during Artemis II Flight Day 7.
Artemis II flew over the Moon’s far side, including the South Pole–Aitken basin.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team is using the Artemis II crew’s location sketches to search for fresh impact sites.