Dome@Home Special Event: Artemis II Launch Party

Join us for a live-streamed Artemis II Launch Party! The Artemis II mission, years in preparation, is currently set to launch on Wednesday April 1, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard will be three American Astronauts and Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen. If the launch proceeds as scheduled, the live-stream event will begin at 3:00 pm CDT on Wednesday, April 1, with launch expected at 5:24 pm CDT . However, the launch window is two hours long, and so if there are delays the launch might occur as late as 7:24 pm CDT.

As of Monday, March 30 2:37 pm CDT, the countdown is on! The nearly-50-hour process of preparing the rocket for launch, loading the crew, and finally launching begins at 3:44 pm CDT Monday.

Since this is the first crewed launch of a new rocket and spacecraft, though, that is a big “if”. Each month has about 6 days of possible launch dates, based on the positions of the Moon and the requirements of the orbit, sunlight angles, and so forth.

Follow Planetarium Astronomer Scott Young’s blog for the latest updates.

Join the watch party on Facebook or YouTube live!

Watch past episodes on our YouTube channel, here.

Dome@Home is a of FREE virtual programming inviting Manitobans to explore the universe with Planetarium Astronomer Scott Young. Get to know the stars with us on the last Thursday of every month at 7 pm Central!

As pioneering Canadian astronomer Helen Sawyer Hogg always said, “The stars belong to everyone.”