Watch Artemis 2 fly through space in real time with this telescope livestream tonight

Artemis II, back to the Moon after more than 50 years: live observation of the spacecraft in space - YouTube

NASA successfully launched Artemis 2 on April 1, at 6:35 EDT (1035 GMT) and you can catch a view of the spacecraft tonight, weather permitting! The livestream had originally been scheduled for April 1, but clouds thwarted the view.

the orion spacecraft above the moon — The Orion spacecraft journies past the moon (Image credit: Lockheed Martin)

Artemis 2 will return humans to around the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. You can follow along with the latest action in our Artemis 2 live blog.

Though the crew of Artemis 2 won't actually set foot on the moon during this mission, they will make history by voyaging deeper into space than any human has before.

The Artemis 2 mission is expected to last around 10 days, during which the Orion spacecraft will carry the crew thousands of miles beyond the moon.

Editor's note: This article was updated at 6:15 a.m. EDT (1015 GMT) April 2, to include details of the successful launch and to note the rescheduled livestream due to clouds thwarting the view last night.

Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University. Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst.

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