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Artemis II crew to test Orion on first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years

NASA will return astronauts to the lunar neighborhood for the first time in more than 50 years with Artemis II, a crewed lunar flyby that will validate the Orion spacecraft systems and operational procedures central to future Artemis lunar-return missions.

Discovered 2026-02-15T19:59:39.920485-08:00 | 2026-02-15T19:59:39.920485-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Validates Orion and SLS integration ahead of crewed lunar operations; see the recent stacking milestone that advanced Artemis II toward flight readiness.
  • Builds on crew training and launch rehearsals while crews and engineers address flight-readiness issues from recent launch-day dress rehearsals and a delayed rehearsal after an Orion hatch blemish.
  • Occurs amid formal safety-adviser recommendations to reassess Artemis architecture and review program responses, a set of findings that raise programmatic and crew-safety questions for near-term schedules (see safety panel recommendations).

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