Artemis II Mission Watch

Farthest Flight Tracker

Mission-aware dashboard for Orion's free-return. The mission has completed, so live tracking is archived and the farthest-distance records are preserved.

Artemis II statusIn flightSource: loading

Mission milestone

Passed 9d 16h 12m 0s ago

Expected maximum: 4/6/2026, 11:07:00 PM - approx. 406,771 km from Earth.

Maximum passed

Possible next mission

259d 8h 40m 59s

Artemis III is currently listed by NASA for 2027. Exact launch date is still TBD, so this counts down to the start of the target year.

Artemis III - NET 2027

Orion distance from Earth

No data

Approx. altitude above surface: No data

Orion subpoint

Antipode: loading

Official status

IN FLIGHT

Tracking live Orion position

NASA status feed pending

Current farthest flight

No flight data available right now

Reference: spacecraft

Predicted

Location

No flight data

Altitude: No flight data

Antipode target

No data

Connecting...

Antipode Map

Predicted vector - big cyan marker = Orion

All-time farthest (mission)

Top 20

Flight	Max Distance	Position	Place	When
No leaderboard data yet.

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Artemis II Crew

Astronauts on the first crewed Artemis mission

Reid Wiseman/ Commander (NASA)
Victor Glover/ Pilot (NASA)
Christina Hammock Koch/ Mission Specialist (NASA)
Jeremy Hansen/ Mission Specialist (CSA)

Source: NASA official crew announcement.

Artemis II crew in Orion test environment

Mission timeline

Archived

No launch window data yet.

Space stations

Live orbital positions

ISS

No position data

Distance to Artemis: -

Distance to antipode: -

Crew: Unknown

Tiangong Space Station (CSS)

No position data

Distance to Artemis: -

Distance to antipode: -

Crew: Unknown

Space station farthest records

ISS / CSS

Station	Max distance	When	Crew
No station records yet.