Artemis II Mission Accomplished: Crew Re-Entry Updates, Splash down and Safe return home [Watch Videos]
Artemis II launched aboard NASA’s Space Launch System, carrying four astronauts in the Orion spacecraft on a deep-space…
Artemis II mission update
Artemis II Update-26, Day 10: Crew Completes Final Burn Before Splashdown
At 2:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 8 seconds, producing a change in velocity…
Artemis II Update-24, Day 9: Second Return Correction Burn Complete
Thrusters Fire To Steer Orion Home: At 10:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft executed a brief nine-second thruster…
Monitoring over deep space network before artemis II signal acquisition
Blanca Renteria, operations chief for the Artemis Deep Space Network (DSN), monitored incoming data from the Space Flight…
What’s the longstanding tradition at JPL before any launch and other major space mission events
A Ritual Before Liftoff A container of “lucky peanuts” was placed above workstations inside the Space Flight Operations…
JPL’s Mission Control Steps Up For Artemis II Deep Space Operations
Mission Control Comes Alive In California Inside the Space Flight Operations Facility at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Artemis…
Artemis II Update-23, Day 9: Crew Prepares To Come Home
Final Day In Orbit On their final full day in space, the Artemis II crew began the morning…
Artemis II mission: LUCA and LESA support Artemis safety, success as crew prepares return journey
NASA’s Artemis II mission is drawing support from a pair of nearly identical control rooms in Alabama, each…
President Trump Calls Artemis II Astronauts before crew wraps up historic Lunar Flyby [Watch Videos]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched four astronauts on April 2 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
Artemis II Update-13, Day 5: Crew Tests Survival Suits As Spacecraft Nears Lunar Gravity Zone
Astronauts aboard Artemis II began Flight Day 5 by testing their Orion survival suits as the Orion spacecraft…
Artemis II Update-12, Day 4: Astronauts Hand-Fly Orion, Sharpen Lunar Flyby Plan in Deep Space
Astronauts aboard Artemis II completed a 41-minute manual piloting test of the Orion spacecraft on Flight Day 4,…
Artemis II Update-8, Day 3 : Crew prepares for first correction burn, readies lunar flyby tasks
NASA’s Artemis II crew began Flight Day 3 on April 4 after departing Earth’s orbit earlier in the…
Artemis II Update-4: Crew completes proximity test, perigee raise burn up next
NASA’s Artemis II crew completed a proximity operations test on April 2, maneuvering the Orion spacecraft near a…