April 2, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 2 — Morning Update — April 02, 2026

Artemis II: Mission Day 2 — Morning Update — April 02, 2026
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Day 2 of the Artemis 2 mission. Latest crew status, mission milestones, and tonight's sky.

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Calaroga Shark Media. This is sleep from Space spurred by

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American ingenuity. Astronauts on NASA's Artemis two mission are in flight,

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preparing for the first crude lunar flyby in more than

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fifty years. NASA's Space Launch System rocket lifted off from

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launch Pad thirty nine B at the agency's Kennedy Space

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Center in Florida Wednesday, sending four astronauts aboard. The first

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human mission beyond Earth orbit in more than fifty years

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is underway with an April first launch of four astronauts

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on a flight around the Moon sess Today, NASA's Space

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Launch System rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center

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in Florida, carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft on

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Artemis two. At the heart of the mission is the

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European Space Agency's European Service Module, which powers, propels, and

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sustains the Orion spacecraft and its crew on their journey

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around the Moon and safely back to Earth. The maiden

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Virgo climbs the eastern sky. Her brightest star Speka gleams

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with a bluish tint. Nearby. The Virgo cluster holds thousands

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of galaxies invisible to the eye but awe inspiring to contemplate.

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