Photos and Feelings from Artemis II
To commemorate Artemis II, Space Scout compiled photos and testimonials from our team members about this historic spaceflight.
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Artemis II
Artemis II Flies Around the Moon for All
On April 6th, 2026, humans visited the Moon for the first time in 54 years. Artemis II has completed its lunar flyby, achieving the literal and figurative apex of the mission as four people beheld parts of the surface never seen with human eyes.
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Up Close with the Orion Crew Survival System
Space Scout gets up close and personal with the Orion Crew Survival System suit at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Artemis II Sets Course for Moon
After a picture-perfect launch Wednesday placed the crew of Artemis II into a highly elliptical Earth orbit, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Christina Koch are now officially on their way towards the Moon, the first humans to make such a journey since 1972.
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Artemis II Rises
Artemis II took to the skies at 6:35 PM EDT on Wednesday afternoon, paying off years of hard work and planning by NASA and its partners.
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How Artemis II Will Return Astronauts to the Moon
NASA is preparing for the launch of Artemis II, the first mission to send humans to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. With launch now mere hours away, NASA and the astronauts are moving into final preparations for flight.
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Meet History’s Next Lunar Astronauts
NASA’s Artemis II mission is ready to launch, and, if all goes to plan, will carry four people farther from Earth than ever before.
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Many Questions, Few Answers as Artemis II Targets April
NASA is on track to launch Artemis II as soon as April 1st, with daily launch opportunities through April 6th. After major changes to the Artemis program, answers have been slow to materialize.
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Major Artemis Shift Leaves Questions About SLS, Gateway Future
In a major announcement Friday, 27 February, NASA announced a revision of the Artemis Program architecture. To accommodate the change, the design of the SLS rocket will be significantly reworked.
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Flawless Second Artemis II Launch Rehearsal Shows Readiness, Despite Setbacks
The second launch rehearsal for Artemis II was a massive success and a showcase of the propellant loading process and systems working as designed.
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Following Near-Perfect Rehearsal, Artemis II Faces a Rollback
After an issue with the SLS rocket’s upper stage, NASA has made the difficult decision to roll the Artemis II stack back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
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NASA Tests SLS Umbilicals, Prepares for Second Wet Dress Rehearsal
Following the incomplete first Wet Dress Rehearsal for the Artemis II mission earlier this month due to hydrogen leaks, the Exploration Ground Systems team decided that more testing was needed.
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Artemis II Delayed to March
NASA’s Artemis II mission will launch no earlier than March due to several issues that were encountered during a launch rehearsal last night.
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20 Years of Planning, Effort Ready to Culminate in Return to the Moon
The Artemis program, while relatively young, incorporates elements that have had long and winding development histories, which is reflected in the evolution of its earliest mission plans over time.
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Rollout Brings the Dawn of Artemis II
Early Saturday morning, NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will send humans back to the Moon for the first time in 54 years.
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Orion’s Journey to Artemis II and Beyond
One year ago, NASA’s Orion spacecraft concluded its maiden voyage around the Moon, a journey of 1.4 million miles ending with a gentle splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Now, the first crewed Orion is well underway in construction, with more on the way…
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