In less than 24 hours, four humans will leave Earth… and fly to the Moon. 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀🌕 For the first time in over 50 years. NASA’s Artemis II launches Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:24 PM (Eastern Time) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Four astronauts. Ten days. A quarter million miles from home. Commander Reid Wiseman. Pilot Victor Glover. Mission Specialist Christina Koch. And Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. When this rocket lifts off, history will be made: Victor Glover will become the first Black person to travel beyond Earth orbit. Christina Koch will become the first woman. Jeremy Hansen will become the first non-American. The spacecraft will travel thousands of miles beyond the far side of the Moon — farther than any human has ever gone — before returning to Earth at nearly 25,000 mph. The last time humans went to the Moon was December 1972. Most people alive today weren’t even born yet. NASA will stream the entire mission live — from launch to splashdown. While the world argues about everything else… four humans are about to remind us what we’re truly capable of. 💛 Will you be watching? 🚀

Humanity is headed back to our closest neighbor in space, and beyond. In 2026, for the first time in the 21st century, a crewed mission to the Moon is finally happening. The Artemis II mission, part of NASA’s Artemis program, has been aiming to put human beings back on the Moon, with the long-term intention of establishing a lunar base. The crew of Artemis II won’t be landing on the Moon, but they will be completing several orbits in an Orion spacecraft, NASA’s modern-day equivalent of the Saturn V. 

With Moon fever sweeping the world for the first time in half a century, you may have a lot of questions. What is the purpose of Artemis? Who is going to the Moon? And what does this all mean for the future of human space exploration in our time?

Here are quick answers to your burning Artemis questions, from the launch date to the crew, the mission, the streaming documentary show about the mission, and why the launch was recently delayed.

This story was last updated at 10:24 a.m. on March 30, 2026.

What is the new 2026 launch date for Artemis II?

NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are rolled out of the Vehicle Asse…

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As of March 30, 2026, the Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch on April 1, 2026, at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Time. On March 29, NASA reported that “Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are making final preparations toward beginning launch countdown activities for the Artemis II.”

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