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§ Historical recordArtemis II (Orion, crewed)
First crewed flight beyond LEO since Apollo 17 (4 crew).
- Era
- C (2020-present)
- Parent mission
- Artemis II
- Role
- crewed crew vehicle
- Operator
- NASA
- Nation
- USA
- Launched (UTC)
- 2026-04-01
- Reached Moon (UTC)
- 2026-04-06 lunar flyby
- Event type
- crewed/flyby
- Outcome
- success
- Site
- Flyby
- Left on surface
- none
- Returned material
- none
- Current status
- returned to Earth 2026-04-10
- Operational status (derived)
- unknown
- Source grade
- secondary
- Review note
- single-tier source (cross-check pending); boundary overlap with the forward 2026-2035 catalog - dedupe on ingest
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