{"id":73277,"date":"2026-04-01T12:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/artemis-ii-launch-live-updates-as-nasa-moon-mission-counts-down-to-historic-flight\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:01:27","slug":"artemis-ii-launch-live-updates-as-nasa-moon-mission-counts-down-to-historic-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/artemis-ii-launch-live-updates-as-nasa-moon-mission-counts-down-to-historic-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II launch live updates as NASA moon mission counts down to historic flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content__post--606a4777-f758-4213-b301-3d7e3f49c64e\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-606a4777\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Launch team approves fueling up the rocket<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>In the first major decision point of the day, NASA says the launch team has polled &#8220;go&#8221; to begin tanking the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. At 8:29 a.m. EDT, they will begin filling the vehicle with about 756,000 gallons of cryogenic liquid propellant.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--daf1f78d-1e7d-47a1-bd2f-8e38ba769e61\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-daf1f78d\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">NASA leader calls Artemis II an &#8220;extremely challenging&#8221; mission<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Artemis II is &#8220;a test flight,&#8221; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman noted in an interview with CBS News the day before launch. &#8220;This is the opening act in a series of missions that will send astronauts to and from the moon with great frequency as we return to stay.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NASA intends to follow it up with additional flights next year, at least one <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-artemis-moon-program-overhaul\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">lunar landing in 2028<\/a><\/span> and longer-term construction of a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-moon-base-plan-lunar-south-pole\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">moon base<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This first mission, this is extremely challenging,&#8221; Isaacman said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These astronauts are going to go farther from Earth than any humans have ever been before, potentially faster than any humans have ever been before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/nasa-head-artemis-ii-pave-way-stars-stripes-mars\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Watch the full interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--c914fcad-a42f-494a-b338-72324a05fa9e\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-c914fcad\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Astronauts bring wealth of experience to moon mission<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>The four crew members chosen for the Artemis II mission stand out even in a NASA astronaut corps full of super achievers. They&#8217;ve spent the past three years training for the days ahead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/29\/b3d93b02-3a17-4dca-a297-3c84d8041994\/thumbnail\/620x392g2\/814aa70e5c28ebeac7097007828eabaf\/crew2.jpg#\" alt=\"NASA's Artemis II crew \" height=\"392\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/29\/b3d93b02-3a17-4dca-a297-3c84d8041994\/thumbnail\/620x392g2\/814aa70e5c28ebeac7097007828eabaf\/crew2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/29\/b3d93b02-3a17-4dca-a297-3c84d8041994\/thumbnail\/1240x784g2\/940fdfd92c16919a0683b0bc22f4db2c\/crew2.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">NASA&#8217;s Artemis II crew, clockwise from left: astronaut Christina Koch, pilot Victor Glover, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and commander Reid Wiseman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Mission commander Reid Wiseman<\/strong>, 50, holds a degree in computer and systems engineering and a master&#8217;s in systems engineering. He became a naval aviator in 1999 and joined NASA&#8217;s astronaut corps in 2009. Wiseman first flew in space in 2014, logging 165 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station and completing two spacewalks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artemis II pilot Victor Glover<\/strong>, 49, is a U.S. Navy captain with an engineering degree and three master&#8217;s degrees in military aviation, systems engineering and management. He has flown more than 400 carrier flights and 24 combat missions, and piloted a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station in 2020-21, logging 168 days in orbit and completing four spacewalks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission specialist Christina Koch<\/strong>, 47, worked as an electrical engineer at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center, conducted research in Antarctica and helped develop scientific instruments for space probes. An astronaut since 2013, she logged <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/christina-koch-nasa-astronaut-record-setting-stay-space\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">328 days in space<\/a><\/span> aboard the International Space Station in 2019-20 \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/christina-koch-sets-record-longest-single-space-flight-by-woman-astronaut\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the longest<\/a><\/span> single spaceflight by a woman \u2014 and has conducted six spacewalks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission specialist Jeremy Hansen<\/strong>, 50, is the only spaceflight rookie on the team. He is from Canada and will be the first Canadian astronaut ever to travel beyond near-Earth orbit. He learned to fly as a teen, earned a degree in space science at Royal Military College, and became a fighter pilot before joining the Canadian Space Agency in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/astronauts-nasa-moon-mission-artemis-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Read more here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--93b942fa-bb03-47d5-b880-8349fa17c264\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-93b942fa\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Where is Artemis II going?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Artemis II is a flight to the moon \u2014 but the astronauts will not land on the moon or go into orbit around it. Instead, they will loop behind it and get an unprecedented view of the far side of the moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the process, they&#8217;re expected to set a record for the farthest distance humans have ever traveled from Earth: 252,000 miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crew will spend their first 24 hours after launch in an elliptical orbit around the Earth. Then, if all goes according to plan, a crucial engine firing called the &#8220;trans-lunar injection,&#8221; or TLI, will boost the ship&#8217;s velocity by about 900 mph, just enough to push it out of Earth orbit to begin the four-day coast to the moon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft will be on a &#8220;free return&#8221; trajectory, using lunar gravity to bend the ship&#8217;s path back toward Earth, where it will return for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/30\/cf6901b3-75e4-495a-aeea-29cf04731b6b\/thumbnail\/620x471\/cd841eaa40650ff4fd8fea8036f7f909\/gettyimages-2259169568-1.jpg#\" alt=\"Illustration of NASA's Artemis II mission plan \" height=\"471\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/30\/cf6901b3-75e4-495a-aeea-29cf04731b6b\/thumbnail\/620x471\/cd841eaa40650ff4fd8fea8036f7f909\/gettyimages-2259169568-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/30\/cf6901b3-75e4-495a-aeea-29cf04731b6b\/thumbnail\/1240x942\/a97f5be6c4b4e2457b7ce56429ff50fd\/gettyimages-2259169568-1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Graphic by Jonathan WALTER and Paz PIZARRO \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--f1ce963f-2dcf-4f4e-bf18-8aa84197cb09\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-f1ce963f\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">Countdown underway after multiple delays to fix issues<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p>Artemis II originally planned to take off in early February, but the flight was delayed repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-fuels-artemis-ii-moon-rocket-test-to-clear-the-way-for-super-bowl-sunday-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">first setback<\/a><\/span> came in the form of hydrogen fuel leaks during a dress-rehearsal countdown. Then <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-hauls-moon-rocket-off-launch-pad-to-fix-another-launch-delaying-malfunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">problems arose<\/a><\/span> with the upper stage propellant pressurization system.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NASA says both issues have been resolved, finally clearing the way for launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 48 hours before liftoff, the official <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/countdown-underway-artemis-ii-moon-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">countdown<\/a><\/span>\u00a0clocks began ticking at 4:44 p.m. EDT Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"content__post--31757008-7c31-437f-bd96-2fa56266d1ed\">\n            <a name=\"post-update-31757008\" class=\"post-update__anchor-link\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <time class=\"post-update__time-ago is-live\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T07:52:00-0400\"><br \/>\n              5m ago<br \/>\n            <\/time><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"post-update__headline\">How to watch NASA&#8217;s Artemis II moon launch<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-update__bodytext\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vanity-rewritten=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News 24\/7<\/a> will have live streaming coverage starting at 4 p.m. EDT for the countdown to the launch. Watch live in the video player on this page or download the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/mobile\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News app<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0NASA launches the Artemis II mission to fly astronauts around the moon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, April 1, 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a0Launch window opens at 6:24 p.m. EDT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Kennedy Space Center, Florida.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On TV: <\/strong>A CBS News Special Report anchored by Tony Dokoupil airs on CBS television stations starting at 6 p.m. EDT. Find your <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cbs-tv-stations-affiliates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">local station here<\/a><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Online stream:<\/strong>\u00a0Watch live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-vanity-rewritten=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News<\/a> in the video player above and on your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/mobile\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mobile or streaming device<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Coverage plans subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/nasa-artemis-ii-launch\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 5m ago Launch team approves fueling up the rocket In the first major decision point of the day, NASA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3212,1682,833,832],"class_list":["post-73277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-space","tag-artemis-program","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Artemis II launch live updates as NASA moon mission counts down to historic flight - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NASA&amp;#039;s Artemis II astronauts are set to launch today on a nine-day mission around the moon and back. 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