{"id":64278,"date":"2026-04-01T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64278"},"modified":"2026-04-16T23:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:35:13","slug":"the-live-broadcast-of-the-launch-of-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/01\/the-live-broadcast-of-the-launch-of-nasas-artemis-ii-mission-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"The live broadcast of the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a few moments, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis II mission, NASA's first crewed mission within the Artemis program.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2021\/06\/27\/a-video-shows-what-happens-inside-space-rockets-during-their-launches\/\">A video shows what happens inside space rockets during their launches<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/06\/07\/the-history-and-interior-of-vab-nasas-massive-rocket-assembly-building\/\">The history and interior of VAB, NASA's massive rocket assembly building<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The launch will take place from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/missions\/2026\/03\/20\/nasas-artemis-ii-rocket-arrives-at-launch-pad-39b\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Launch Pad 39B<\/a> at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. <strong>This 10-day mission will fly around the Moon, without landing<\/strong>, to test the life support systems of the Orion MPCV (Multipurpose Crew Vehicle) spacecraft. <strong>You can watch the launch live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA's YouTube channel<\/a> and the video player below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA&#039;s Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m3kR2KK8TEs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The launch is scheduled for this Wednesday, April 1st at 6:24 PM local time in Florida (April 2nd at 12:24 AM Madrid time)<\/strong>, unless there are any delays or impediments that force a postponement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55182560619_c53f55e841_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55182560619_cb5ba52d55_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This mission has a crew of four people:<\/strong> NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181413812_a9c830dddd_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181413812_d75c3318e7_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The rocket used in this mission is a Space Launch System (SLS).<\/strong> It is 98 meters tall, with a diameter of 8.4 meters at its core stage and 5.1 meters at its Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). The rocket has a mass of 2,610 tons and can carry a payload of 70,000 to 130,000 kg to low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181429147_0e39ffa887_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181429147_04ed06bea9_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Orion MPCV spacecraft is 3.3 meters long<\/strong> and 5.03 meters in diameter, with a mass of 8.5 tons. It has a maximum capacity of 4 crew members. Above, we can see the Orion MPCV spacecraft from the Artemis I mission, launched on November 16, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181456672_990e55940e_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55181456672_c481ebe040_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-ii-press-kit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above these lines we can see a diagram published by NASA<\/a> that indicates the milestones of this mission (click on the image to see it enlarged).<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Images: NASA.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a few moments, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis II mission, NASA&#8217;s first crewed mission within the Artemis program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19535,16878],"tags":[26606,26612,20096,26610,26611,21374,651,1304,26607,26608,22084,26609],"class_list":["post-64278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exploring-portada-eng","category-space","tag-artemis-ii","tag-artemis-program","tag-canadian-space-agency-csa","tag-christina-koch","tag-jeremy-hansen","tag-kennedy-space-center","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-orion-mpcv","tag-reid-wiseman","tag-sls-space-shuttle","tag-victor-glover"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:17:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}