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ARTEMIS II LUNAR FLYBY UNDERWAY — Orion 'Integrity' making historic circumlunar pass. First humans near Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Crew: Wiseman, Glover, Koch, Hansen. April 6, 2026.FLIGHT DAY 6 / 10
VELOCITY
13,248
km/h
Relative to Earth
DIST. EARTH
392,800
km
Near record
ALT. MOON
8,900
km
Flyby altitude
CABIN PRESS.
14.70
psi
Sea-level equiv.
O₂ CONC.
20.9
%
19.5–23.5% norm.
POWER OUT.
14.2
kW
4 solar arrays
COMM DELAY
1.32
sec
DSN X-Band
CABIN TEMP.
+18.4
°C
Thermal nominal
TRAJECTORY PLOTFREE-RETURN · 0 KM FROM EARTH
VELOCITY PROFILE
13,200km/h
MISSION CONTROL FEED
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06:42:11Crew awakened to Mandisa & TobyMac 'Good Morning' from CAPCOM
07:15:00Flight Director confirmed lunar flyby nominal GO for all systems
07:30:22Orion 'Integrity' entering cislunar space — 65,235 miles from Moon
08:00:00Commander Wiseman: 'The Moon is filling the window. Absolutely breathtaking.'
08:11:55NASA+, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Hulu live coverage stream active
08:45:30ECLSS CO2 scrubbers operating within normal parameters — pressure 14.7 psi
09:02:14Solar array output: 14.2 kW — battery charge at 98.3%
09:15:44X-Band deep space comm link confirmed — signal delay 1.3 sec
09:34:00Crew meal: barbecue brisket and spicy green beans with Canadian maple syrup
10:01:17RCS thrusters 1–16 all nominal — attitude hold confirmed
10:22:30Mission Specialist Hansen: 'This is for everyone in Canada — we are at the Moon.'
11:00:00AVATAR organ-on-a-chip investigation recording session initiated
11:30:00Trajectory data nominal — approaching closest approach of free-return arc
DSN · DEEP SPACE NETWORK
DOWNLINK: 2,048 bpsLATENCY: 1.32 sec
ORION
GOLDSTONE
California, USA · DSS-24
SIGNAL94%
↓ 8.44 GHz · ↑ 7.18 GHz
MADRID
Spain, EU · DSS-65
SIGNAL88%
↓ 8.44 GHz · ↑ 7.18 GHz
CANBERRA
Australia · DSS-43
OFFLINE · STANDBY
CREW BIOMETRICS · FLIGHT DAY 6
RW
Reid Wiseman
Commander · NASA
HEART RATE
62bpm
SpO₂
98.4%
◆ Oldest person to orbit Moon
VG
Victor Glover
Pilot · NASA
HEART RATE
68bpm
SpO₂
97.9%
◆ First person of color to orbit Moon
CK
Christina Koch
Mission Specialist · NASA
HEART RATE
71bpm
SpO₂
98.1%
◆ First woman to orbit Moon
JH
Jeremy Hansen
Mission Specialist · CSA
HEART RATE
65bpm
SpO₂
98.6%
◆ First non-American to orbit Moon
LUNAR SURFACE VIEWERNEAR SIDE · ROTATING VIEW
POINTS OF INTEREST
South Pole
Artemis IV landing target (2028)
Shackleton Crater
Permanently shadowed, water ice
Mare Tranquillitatis
Apollo 11 landing site (1969)
Taurus-Littrow
Apollo 17 — last human landing
Mare Imbrium
Large impact basin, 1,145 km wide
Tycho Crater
Ray crater, 85 km diameter
MISSION TIMELINE
APR 01 22:35 UTCL+0
LAUNCH
SLS lifts off from LC-39B, KSC
APR 01 23:55 UTCL+0
ORION SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOY
4 wings extended, 63ft wingspan
APR 02 06:12 UTCL+1
TRANSLUNAR INJECTION BURN
Burn successful, crew enters deep space
APR 02 07:30 UTCL+1
FIRST CREWED DEEP SPACE TRANSIT
First humans beyond LEO since Apollo 17
APR 03 14:00 UTCL+2
PROXIMITY OPS DEMONSTRATION
Manual Orion maneuver near ICPS stage
APR 04 10:00 UTCL+3
SUIT EVALUATION
Orion Crew Survival System test at 65k mi from Moon
APR 05 15:30 UTCL+4
MANUAL PILOTING TEST
Koch takes manual control of Orion
APR 05 23:03 UTCL+4
OUTBOUND CORRECTION BURN
17.5 second burn to refine trajectory
APR 06 ~18:00 UTCL+5
LUNAR FLYBY ◀ NOW
Historic flyby — first humans near Moon since 1972
APR 06 20:00 UTCL+5
LUNAR FAR SIDE OBSERVATION
Crew photographs far side of Moon
APR 07L+6
TRANS-EARTH INJECTION
Engine burn begins return trajectory
APR 10 ~22:00 UTCL+9
SPLASHDOWN — PACIFIC OCEAN
Orion 'Integrity' splashdown, USS San Diego recovery
VEHICLE DATA
RocketSLS Block 1 (39.1 MN thrust)
SpacecraftOrion MPCV 'Integrity'
Capsule diam.5.03 m
Crew volume8.95 m³ pressurized
Launch padLC-39B, KSC, Florida
LaunchApr 01 2026 · 22:35:12 UTC
MISSION FIRSTS
Crewed deep spaceFirst since Apollo 17 (1972)
First womanChristina Koch near Moon
First person of colorVictor Glover near Moon
First non-AmericanJeremy Hansen (CSA)
Oldest near MoonReid Wiseman, Commander
Distance record>400,171 km from Earth
UPCOMING MISSIONS
Splashdown~Apr 10 2026 · Pacific Ocean
Artemis IIIMid-2027 · LEO lander tests
Starship HLSRendezvous + docking test
AxEMU SuitEVA equipment evaluation
Artemis IVEarly 2028 · First landing
GatewayCANCELLED · March 2026
SOURCES: NASA.GOV · WIKIPEDIA · SPACE.COM · SCIENCETIMES.COM · DSN STATUS
ARTEMIS II TELEMETRY DASHBOARD · NEXT.JS 15 + RECHARTS · APRIL 6 2026
∗ BIOMETRICS & SENSOR DATA SIMULATED BASED ON REAL MISSION PARAMETERS