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WATCH LIVE: NASA's First Crewed Moon Mission in Decades Is About to Launch
The Artemis II crew during a suit-up and walkout at the Kennedy Space Center in August 2025. (NASA/Kim Shiflett) After years of careful preparation and testing, NASA is finally about to send a crew of astronauts to circle the Moon.
The tracker, officially referred to as the "Artemis Real-time Orbit Website" — AROW — allows users to not only see where the Orion spacecraft is and how fast it's traveling, but to see in miles how far it is from both the Earth and the moon, according to NASA.
A Virtual Telescope Project livestream aims to track NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft — here's how to watch it as it travels through space.
The highlight of the Artemis II mission is fast approaching - as the four astronauts aboard the Orion capsule prepare for their six-hour flyby of the moon. Follow the latest and watch videos of the historic launch so far.