Artemis 2 is a NASA mission. It is the second mission in NASA's Artemis program. It will be the first mission with people on the Orion spacecraft. As of 2025's first quarter, NASA plans to launch it no later than April 2026.
Plan
changeThe Orion spacecraft will do a flyby of the Moon, and then come back to Earth.[1][2] Artemis 2 will be the first NASA mission to go to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.
References
change- ↑ Hambleton, Kathryn (2018-08-27). "First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-Term Return to Moon". NASA. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ↑ Sloss, Philip (25 June 2020). "NASA studying practice rendezvous options for Artemis 2 Orion". NASASpaceFlight.com.
- ↑ "NASA's Artemis 2 mission around Moon set for November 2024". Phys.org. Agence France-Presse. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.