SLS Block 1 | Artemis II

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
• Rocket: Space Launch System Block 1 — Space Launch System family

Mission

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.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Lunar flyby (Lunar flyby)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Complex 39B
• Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Program

• Artemis — The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region. (Wikipedia)