Artemis II launch

[Joni_78]

They’re doing the fueling test now — fingers crossed everything goes ok and Artemis II launches on February 9, 2026 at 04:20 UTC.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/artemis/

 

Edited February 2 by Joni_78

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I had the absolute once-in-a-lifetime pleasure of midnight kayaking in the bioluminescent waters next to the 1st Artemis launch while it was sat on the pad, illuminated.  I cannot overstate how freaking awesome that was.

[Joni_78]

Postponed to March 2026 due to a liquid hydrogen leak that occurred during the simulated countdown 

[Joni_78]

On 02/02/2026 at 13:58, Nik Louch said:

I had the absolute once-in-a-lifetime pleasure of midnight kayaking in the bioluminescent waters next to the 1st Artemis launch while it was sat on the pad, illuminated.  I cannot overstate how freaking awesome that was.

It must have been a sight. It would be nice to see the launch on site, though.

I wonder how close Walter was? "Oh boy", "Building shaking"" 😂

Launch at 3:27:00 

 

Edited February 5 by Joni_78

[Joni_78]

"The onsite countdown clock started ticking down at 4:44 p.m. EDT to a targeted launch time of 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1"

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/03/30/nasas-artemis-ii-launch-mission-countdown-begins/

[eiffel_g]

If something goes wrong, remember - it's April 1 !

[Inkorp]

Launching ~3hrs from now: YT livestream:
 

 

[Steven P. Administrators]

I'll be watching  

[_neutrino Veteran]

been eager for this for so long, I originally was there for the February launch but cant swing another trip down there.

[Inkorp]

Almost made it to 20yrs since my last forum post here as well.👴 haha

[Dan~]

Sounds like a no again, sounded like they’re looking at an old scrap yard for another part

[dipsylalapo Supervisor]

Less than 30 mins left! Looks like they resolved the issue from earlier!

[Joni_78]

Not long now 🥳

[Xenon]

3 Minutes....

[Inkorp]

Trajectory video:

EDIT: From this page with other cool vids:

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5610/

Edited April 2 by Inkorp

[_neutrino Veteran]

Current status as of time of this post

 

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Updated Status

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[+rdlenk Subscriber²]

CSA has an awesome page for tracking: https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/

[ATLien_0]

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWrVlNlDdzr/?igsh=MXM3NnM4amdtMWczcQ==

 

 

 

 

 

[neufuse Veteran]

On 03/04/2026 at 15:18, ATLien_0 said:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWrVlNlDdzr/?igsh=MXM3NnM4amdtMWczcQ==

 

 

 

 

 

"full disk image" huh? I know they mean that as a image of the entire circle but as a computer person that just sounds wrong

[Michael Scrip]

On 03/04/2026 at 16:08, neufuse said:

"full disk image" huh? I know they mean that as a image of the entire circle but as a computer person that just sounds wrong

earth.iso

🤣

[Steffan]

On 03/04/2026 at 16:38, Michael Scrip said:

earth.iso

🤣

I thought it was Earth_Isnt_Flat.iso

[Inkorp]

Pics

Can't wait for the one with moon/earth in shot
 

[neufuse Veteran]

getting close to the moon... less than a day left

[Inkorp]

Pink Floyd about to start doing numbers again