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English: NASA's Space Launch System rocket launches carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA's Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft launched at 6:35pm EDT from Launch Complex 39B. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

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Taken on 1 April 2026, 17:45:25

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Artemis II Launch (NHQ202604010307)

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20260401 Artemis II Launch; Artemis II

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artemis; nasa; artemisii; artemisiilaunch; florida; fl; capecanaveral; operationsandsupportbuildingii; kennedyspacecenter; billingalls

Object location	28° 37′ 38.8″ N, 80° 37′ 15.03″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	28.627445; -80.620842

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Image title	NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches carrying the Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on NASA’s Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April1, 2026, from Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft launched at 6:35pm EDT from Launch Complex 39B. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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Keywords	Artemis Artemis II Artemis II Launch Cape Canaveral Florida Kennedy Space Center Operations and Support Building II
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File:Artemis II Launch (cropped).jpg

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Space Launch System

Artemis II

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B

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public domain

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Nikon Z 9

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0.0005 second

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8

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100

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photograph

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400 millimetre

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28°37'38.802"N, 80°37'15.031"W

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