Artemis II Launch Watch Party at Goddard Visitor Center (Greenbelt, MD)

Join us at the Goddard Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Maryland for a Watch Party of the agency's first crewed Artemis mission launch! The Artemis II test flight will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon and back.

The crew will lift off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida inside NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the agency’s powerful (SLS) Space Launch System rocket to help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration.

As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, Artemis will pave the way for new U.S.-crewed missions on the lunar surface in preparation toward the first crewed mission to Mars.

The Watch Party is a free, family-friendly opportunity to watch the launch along with NASA. Registration is required for each attendee of this event and is good for the first launch attempt on April 1 and a second launch attempt on April 2, if needed. Tickets are limited. The event times for each day are different. Please note them below:

Wednesday, April 1st

• Check-in for attendees starts at 5:30pm
• Launch window opens at 6:24pm

• Launch window closes at 8:24pm

• Event ends 30 minutes after launch or scrub (no later than 9:00 p.m.)

Thursday, April 2nd

• Check-in for attendees starts at 6:30pm

• Launch window opens at 7:22pm

• Launch window closes at 9:22pm

• Event ends 30 minutes after launch or scrub (no later than 10:00pm)

Attendees will be notified of any changes as soon as possible via the email used for program registration. Please keep an eye on the Artemis Blog (Artemis - NASA) for updates as well.

Can’t join us in person in Greenbelt, Maryland? We encourage you to register as a virtual guest for the launch and tune in for launch coverage on NASA+.

If you need accommodations for this in-person event, please reach out after you have registered to [email protected].

Please note that this event may be filmed and/or photographed for NASA use.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

NASA Goddard Visitor Center, 9432 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, United States

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