Artemis II: the journey of Orion and its crew around the Moon

20230915 Animation of the trajectory of the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972. After a launch atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion and its crew perform a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration before travelling to the Moon, doing a flyby, and finally returning to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is the first Canadian to ever participate in a lunar mission as part of Artemis II. Version française : Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA , moon, artemis, astronaut, canada, orion, sls Artemis II: Jeremy Hansen biography: The Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft: https: