Artemis II

NASA said weather conditions were 80% favorable for launch across the two-hour Artemis II window.

Artemis II is the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

The Artemis II countdown schedule ends with booster ignition, umbilical separation, and liftoff at T-0.

The Artemis II countdown includes planned holds before launch and can still be halted after terminal count begins at T-10 minutes.

Artemis II is an early step toward a permanent lunar presence.

Artemis II is set to launch Wednesday night from Cape Canaveral.

Artemis II is expected to break the Apollo 13 distance record for the farthest point from Earth reached by humans.

The Artemis II crew is scheduled to walk out to the launch pad bus from the Kennedy Space Center quarantine facility at 1:56 p.m. on April 1.

Artemis II will fly between 6,400 and 9,000 kilometers above the lunar surface, depending on the launch window.

The Artemis II countdown schedule includes Orion communications system activation from L-6H40M to L-6H10M.

Jeremy Hansen is making his first mission off Earth on Artemis II after 17 years of space training, policy work, and management.

Artemis II remains scheduled to launch at 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, from Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II tanking operations are scheduled to start around 7:30 a.m. on April 1.

The Artemis II countdown schedule includes launch abort system hatch closure from L-1H40M to L1H30M.

If an Artemis II countdown stop requires more than 3 minutes of hold time, the count recycles back to T-10.

An X-class solar flare that erupted on March 31 is not expected to create a radiation concern for Earth or the Artemis II launch.

The Artemis II quartet was publicly named to the crew on April 3, 2023.

SpaceX lost communications with a Starlink satellite on March 31, and the loss is not expected to threaten the Artemis II launch.