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The Artemis 2 crew unveil the Apollo 18 flag they carried with them on the mission. The Apollo 18 never made it to the Moon as it had been cancelled.

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 8 highlights – Orion crew packs up and unveils Apollo 18 flag

by Marc Boucher April 9, 2026April 10, 2026

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with the Artemis 2 crew while CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk was the host of the event.

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Artemis 2 crew discusses spaceflight risks and Canadian collaboration with Prime Minister Mark Carney

by Marc Boucher April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch is seen through a window of the Orion spacecraft while on her way to the Moon. This selfie-style photo was taken using a camera on the end of one of Orion's solar array wings on flight day 4 of the approximately 10-day test flight, when Orion was more than halfway to the Moon. Koch is holding "Rise", the zero gravity indicator that launched with the crew after being selected from more than 2,600 original designs that were submitted from countries around the world. A zero gravity indicator is a small plush item that typically rides with a crew to visually indicate when they are in space. “Rise” was inspired by the iconic Earthrise moment from the Apollo 8 mission.

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Artemis 2 crew reflects on lunar flyby and Earth’s fragility during briefing

by Marc Boucher April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II mission. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 7 highlights – Orion calls the ISS and completes its first return burn

by Marc Boucher April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

In this view of the Moon, the Artemis II crew captured an intricate snapshot of the rings of the Orientale basin, one of the Moon’s youngest and best-preserved large impact craters on his first shift during the lunar flyby observation period.

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Artemis 2 crew captures rare lunar science as Orion splashdown target time announced

by Marc Boucher April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

As the Artemis II crew came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the “lunar limb.” Seen from afar, it almost looks like a circular arc – except when backlit, as in other images captured by the Artemis II crew. In this photo, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while Australia and Oceania are in the daylight. In the foreground, the Ohm crater is visible, with terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Peaks such as these form in complex craters when the lunar surface is liquified on impact, and the liquefied surface splashes upward during the crater’s formation.

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 6 highlights – Crew captures rare science and breaks Apollo 13 distance record during historic lunar flyby

by Marc Boucher April 7, 2026April 8, 2026

The location of Artemis 2 shortly after they set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by a human mission, surpassing the Apollo 13 record of 400,171 kilometres (248,655 miles) set in 1970.

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Artemis 2 flight day 6: Lunar flyby coverage begins as Orion prepares for the far side

by Marc Boucher April 6, 2026April 6, 2026

Before going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped one more photo of the Moon, as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft. Orion and the four humans aboard entered the lunar sphere of influence at 12:37 a.m. EDT on April 6, at the tail end of the fifth day of their mission. That marked the point at which the Moon's gravity had a stronger pull on the spacecraft than the Earth's. Artemis II's closet approach to the Moon will come on flight day 6, as they swing around the far side before beginning their journey back to Earth. About an hour after entering the lunar sphere of influence, Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch said, "We are now falling to the Moon rather than rising away from Earth. It is an amazing milestone!"

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 5 highlights – Gold astronaut pin for Jeremy Hansen

by Marc Boucher April 6, 2026April 7, 2026

The Artemis II crew took this photo on day 4 of their journey to the Moon. In it, the Moon is oriented with the South Pole at the top and are beginning to see parts of the lunar far side. Orientale basin is on the right edge of the lunar disk in this image. Artemis II marks the first time that humans have seen the entire basin. The Artemis II crew will continue to observe Orientale from multiple angles as they approach the Moon and throughout the lunar flyby. Orientale is the textbook multi-ring impact basin used as a baseline to compare other impact craters on rocky worlds from Mercury to Pluto

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 4 highlights – Hansen takes the controls as Orion nears the Moon

by Marc Boucher April 5, 2026April 6, 2026

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Video: Artemis 2 flight day 3 highlights – Orion crew, including Canada’s Jeremy Hansen, are now closer to the Moon than Earth

by Marc Boucher April 4, 2026April 6, 2026