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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is SLS Block 1 | Artemis II. It is scheduled to be launched by National Aeronautics and Space Administration from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA at 2026-04-01 22:24:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 58 out of 279 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Human Exploration and the payload will be injected into a Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby).

Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth.

The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.

• [2026-04-01 22:24:00 UTC] 🟩 SLS Block 1 | Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-02 11:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-58 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-03 03:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-03 11:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz-5 | Demo Flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
• [2026-04-04 05:45:00 UTC] 🟨 Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-05) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-04 23:03:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-35 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-07 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Minotaur IV | STP-S29A from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-04-07 13:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 8 | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-04-08 12:51:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-04-09 02:39:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-21 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

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• 🔗 [SpaceNews] After three years, Artemis 2 astronauts ready to launch

• 🔗 [SpaceNews] Artemis 2 fueling underway
• 🔗 [SpaceNews] After three years, Artemis 2 astronauts ready to launch
• 🔗 [Spaceflight Now] Live coverage: NASA to launch Artemis 2, its first Moon-bound mission with astronauts since 1972
• 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Artemis II set to return humanity to the Moon with launch on Wednesday evening
• 🔗 [SpacePolicyOnline.com] Everything Still on Track for Artemis II Launch to the Moon on April 1
• 🔗 [Arstechnica] This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
• 🔗 [Arstechnica] This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
• 🔗 [ESA] Watch live: Artemis II launch
• 🔗 [ESA] Artemis II: let's go
• 🔗 [NASA] Godspeed, Artemis II!