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Watch: First manned moon mission in decades set for liftoff

CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen fist bumps a ground crew member before entering the Orion crew capsule for the planned Artemis II launch mission to fly by the moon, at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 1, 2026, in a still image from video. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS
Robert Davis
April 01, 2026

The first manned flight to the moon in half a century was scheduled to launch on Wednesday.

The mission, known as Artemis II, will send four astronauts aboard an Orion spacecraft to the moon for a 10-day flyby. Americans Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen will crew the spacecraft.

The launch is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

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