Artemis II Flyby Day Schedule: Important Events as the Crew Gets Closer to the Moon and Flies Around It

Schedule for the Artemis II Flyby Day (All times are in EDT)

This schedule shows the main mission milestones for the Artemis II crew as they fly by the Moon, such as when they get closest to the Moon, when they lose signal behind the Moon, and when they break the Apollo 13 distance record.

Key points:
• Coverage of NASA+ starts at 1:00 PM
• 1:56 PM: The crew breaks the distance record for Apollo 13
• 2:45 PM: Time to start looking at the moon
• 6:44 PM: Expected loss of communication behind the Moon
• 7:02 PM: The Moon is closest to us now
• 7:07 PM: The farthest point from Earth
• 7:25 PM—Signal acquisition starts again
• 8:35 PM: The eclipse period starts (the Moon blocks the Sun)
• 9:20 PM: The flyby observation period ends.
• Coverage ends at 9:45 PM

A full day of milestones as people get ready for missions in space that go deeper than Earth's orbit.

Credit: NASA
Watch live coverage: https://www.nasa.gov/ways-to-watch/