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

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NASA is preparing to make space history by returning humanity to the vicinity of the moon during the Artemis 2 mission set to launch today (April 1).

As the Orion spacecraft heads into space on its journey around the moon, astronomers plan to track it from Earth and you can watch along live thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project’s livestream.

According to Gianluca Masi, founder and head of the Virtual Telescope Project, the organization will attempt to view Orion as soon as it is visible over Italy, which should be around 4 hours after the planned launch window if it is successful. The livestream is currently scheduled to begin at 10:45 a.m. EDT (0245 GMT), weather permitting.

Artemis 2 is currently scheduled to launch at 6:24 pm EDT (2224 GMT) on April 1. The mission will return humans to around the moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.