Velkomin til Artemis II

NASA • Moon & Beyond • 2025

Day 0

Launch

SLS lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B

Day 0 — ~2 hrs

TLI Burn

Trans-Lunar Injection — Orion departs Earth orbit toward the Moon

Day 3

Lunar Flyby

Closest approach ~9,200 km — first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17

Day 4 — 9

Free Return

Crew coasts on free-return trajectory back to Earth

Day 10

Splashdown

Orion re-enters atmosphere and splashes down in the Pacific Ocean

Artemis II — First crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17