Watch Artemis 2 fly through space in real time with this telescope livestream tonight
Artemis II, back to the Moon after more than 50 years: live observation of the spacecraft in space – YouTube
NASA successfully launched Artemis 2 on April 1, at 6:35 EDT (1035 GMT) and you can catch a view of the spacecraft tonight, weather permitting! The livestream had originally been scheduled for April 1, but clouds thwarted the view.
Artemis 2 will return humans to around the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. You can follow along with the latest action in our Artemis 2 live blog.
Though the crew of Artemis 2 won’t actually set foot on the moon during this mission, they will make history by voyaging deeper into space than any human has before.
The Artemis 2 mission is expected to last around 10 days, during which the Orion spacecraft will carry the crew thousands of miles beyond the moon.
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 6:15 a.m. EDT (1015 GMT) April 2, to include details of the successful launch and to note the rescheduled livestream due to clouds thwarting the view last night.