--- title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch description: NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. canonical: https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/watch-nasa-artemis-ii-lunar-mission-launch/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-04-01T19:59:14.415Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-13T06:52:22.420Z og:title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch og:description: NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. og:url: https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/watch-nasa-artemis-ii-lunar-mission-launch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte81602a3869366c3/69cd6a53f39eedf69c52c6ce/AP26089744157777.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: AP26089744157777.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch twitter:description: NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte81602a3869366c3/69cd6a53f39eedf69c52c6ce/AP26089744157777.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch ## Video: Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch [Watch (HLS stream): Watch Live: NASA's Artemis II Lunar Mission Launch](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oN6gp9Ja.m3u8) (5:12:56)  _Published 2026-04-01. NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening. The planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts would be the first moon trip in 53 years. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off carrying four Artemis astronauts on board - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. The Artemis II mission is expected to break Apollo 13’s record for carrying humans the farthest from Earth at 248,655 miles._ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 1, 2026 7:59 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Apr 1, 2026 7:59 PM UTC NASA's Artemis II mission is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday evening, with a two-hour launch window beginning at 6:24pm EDT. The planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts would be the first moon trip in 53 years. The 32-story Space Launch System rocket is poised to blast off carrying four Artemis astronauts on board - Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. 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