Artemis II Sunrise

The sunrise peeks between NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop and the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than April 2026.