Tag: Artemis II

• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 01:16 UTC

  Argentine microsatellite to fly on NASA's Artemis 2 Moon mission

  

  A microsatellite designed and built entirely in Argentina will travel as a secondary payload on the crewed Artemis 2 mission, which NASA plans to launch Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Argentina is the only Latin American country selected to participate and one of four globally, alongside Germany, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

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• Tuesday, March 31st 2026 - 01:03 UTC

  NASA begins countdown for first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years

  

  The countdown for the Artemis 2 mission began Monday at 4:44 p.m. local time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with liftoff targeted for 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. It will be the first time astronauts have traveled toward the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

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• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 01:08 UTC

  NASA sets April 1 for Artemis II, first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years

  

  NASA said on Thursday that Artemis II had passed its flight readiness review and received the go-ahead to proceed toward a launch attempt on April 1, in what would be the first crewed mission around the Moon since the Apollo era. The agency said the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are set to roll out to pad 39B on March 19 once remaining closeout work is finished.

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 04:27 UTC

  NASA targets March 6 for Artemis II after passing key SLS fueling rehearsal

  

  NASA said on Friday it is targeting March 6 as the earliest launch date for Artemis II, the mission that will send four astronauts on a flight around the Moon and back, after completing a second full countdown-and-fueling rehearsal of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.