Successful outbound trajectory burn!

This means that the Orion spacecraft fired its thrusters to further fine-tune the astronauts' path to the Moon.

Coverage of the lunar flyby tomorrow begins at 1pm ET (1700 UTC). youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8T…

Sweet dreams, NASA Artemis II crew.

One last look at the Moon before flight day six and your epic lunar flyby, taking you farther into space than humans have EVER traveled.

🚨 Artemis II’s BIGGEST milestones are coming up. Here’s when they’ll happen:

📍1:56 PM ET (1756 UTC) Crew surpasses the Apollo 13 distance record

📍2:45 PM ET (1845 UTC) Lunar observation period begins

📍6:47 PM ET (2247 UTC) Loss of signal expected as Orion heads behind the Moon (~40 min)

📍7:02 PM ET (2302 UTC) Closest approach to the Moon

📍7:05 PM ET (2305 UTC) Orion reaches its furthest point from Earth

It is going to be HISTORIC!

The upper stage – or interim cryogenic propulsion stage – of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket separates from the Orion spacecraft after helping to deliver Orion to space on April 1, 2026, for the Artemis II mission. The upper stage was then used as a target for Orion to maneuver around in a demonstration of the spacecraft's ability to perform proximity operations.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen conducted a live question and answer session with Canadian youth and the public from across Canada.

"Welcome to my old neighborhood." Our NASA Artemis II astronauts woke up on the sixth day of their mission to a special message recorded in 2025 by astronaut Jim Lovell, the pilot of Apollo 8.

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman looks out one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows at the Moon ahead of the crew's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.

Kelsey on console!

Kelsey Young is a Goddard lunar scientist, currently sitting in Mission Control to support the Artemis II astronauts during their flyby of the Moon. She's answering their questions and helping them prep for observations and photographs of the lunar surface.

Artemis II crewmember sleeping bags are illuminated inside the Orion spacecraft on Flight Day 5 of the mission and ahead of the crew's lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.

To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman's late wife, Carroll.

Suit tests from space, support from Houston.

Yesterday in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room, Duane Chin supported a demo of the Orion Crew Survival System suit as the crew ran pressurized tests. The CHESS team monitors all the gear the crew relies on aboard Orion.

The Artemis II crew are at now the closest point to the Moon in their mission, also called the perilune 🌒

While the Artemis II crew are experiencing their own personal solar eclipse, Mission Control will temporarily lose communications with the capsule. This is planned and expected. We anticipate regaining communications in about 30 minutes.