🔴 Live: NASA’s Artemis II Crew Launches to the Moon

Watch live as NASA launches the Artemis II mission — the first crewed flight of the Artemis program and humanity’s return to deep space beyond Earth orbit. Aboard the powerful Space Launch System (SLS), the Orion spacecraft capsule Integrity will carry four astronauts on a ~10-day journey around the Moon: 👨‍🚀 Reid Wiseman (Commander) 👨‍🚀 Victor Glover (Pilot) 👩‍🚀 Christina Koch (Mission Specialist) 👨‍🚀 Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist, Canadian Space Agency) This mission will perform a lunar flyby, sending humans farther from Earth than any crew since Apollo 17, before returning for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. 🌕 About the Artemis Program: The Artemis program is NASA’s next era of human space exploration, aiming to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since 1972 and establish a long-term human presence. Artemis II is a critical step toward Artemis III, which plans to land astronauts near the Moon’s south pole and prepare for future missions to Mars. ⚠️ Launch Updates: This mission has experienced multiple delays (Feb 5–6, Feb 8, and March 6) due to technical issues, including a helium system concern in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. Teams have since worked through these issues to prepare for launch. 🔴 Live launch coverage 🔴 Real-time countdown and liftoff 🔴 SLS rocket in action 🔴 Orion spacecraft journey begins Subscribe for continuous live coverage of rocket launches, space missions, and major events from Florida’s Space Coast. ----------- Where are our cameras? Our cameras are hosted by Lyle at his private dock overlooking the Indian River in Titusville, Florida. Located approximately 20 km (13 miles) from the primary launch pads at National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities, this vantage point offers a wide, unobstructed panorama of the Space Coast’s most significant launch and processing sites. #ArtemisII #NASA #MoonMission #SLS #Orion #RocketLaunch #SpaceLive #ArtemisProgram #CSA #SpaceExploration