On April 11 2026, Artemis II returns to Earth.
If you know where to look and live in the right part of the world, you will have a chance to see it
before it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.
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View From above orbit plane
Ground Track
Position Table
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Time
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Distance
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Brightness
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Altitude
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Azimuth
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Right ascension
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Declination
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Constellation
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Sun altitude
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| Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 130,098 | 13.3 | -48.8° | 274.4° | 17h 37.9m | -35° 32' | Scorpius | 42.8° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 128,954 | 13.3 | -50.1° | 276.4° | 17h 38.8m | -35° 34' | Scorpius | 42.3° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 127,798 | 13.3 | -51.5° | 278.4° | 17h 39.7m | -35° 36' | Scorpius | 41.8° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 126,631 | 13.3 | -52.8° | 280.5° | 17h 40.6m | -35° 38' | Scorpius | 41.2° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 125,451 | 13.2 | -54.1° | 282.7° | 17h 41.5m | -35° 40' | Scorpius | 40.5° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 124,258 | 13.2 | -55.4° | 284.9° | 17h 42.5m | -35° 42' | Scorpius | 39.8° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 123,053 | 13.2 | -56.7° | 287.2° | 17h 43.5m | -35° 44' | Scorpius | 39.0° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 121,834 | 13.2 | -58.0° | 289.7° | 17h 44.5m | -35° 46' | Scorpius | 38.1° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 120,602 | 13.2 | -59.2° | 292.2° | 17h 45.6m | -35° 49' | Scorpius | 37.2° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 119,357 | 13.1 | -60.4° | 294.9° | 17h 46.7m | -35° 51' | Scorpius | 36.2° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 118,097 | 13.1 | -61.6° | 297.6° | 17h 47.8m | -35° 54' | Scorpius | 35.2° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 116,824 | 13.1 | -62.8° | 300.6° | 17h 48.9m | -35° 57' | Scorpius | 34.1° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 115,535 | 13.1 | -63.9° | 303.7° | 17h 50.1m | -35° 59' | Scorpius | 33.0° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 114,232 | 13.1 | -65.0° | 306.9° | 17h 51.4m | -36° 3' | Scorpius | 31.8° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 112,914 | 13.0 | -66.1° | 310.4° | 17h 52.6m | -36° 6' | Scorpius | 30.6° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 111,580 | 13.0 | -67.1° | 314.1° | 17h 54.0m | -36° 9' | Scorpius | 29.4° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 110,231 | 13.0 | -68.0° | 318.0° | 17h 55.3m | -36° 13' | Scorpius | 28.1° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 108,865 | 13.0 | -68.8° | 322.1° | 17h 56.7m | -36° 16' | Scorpius | 26.8° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 107,484 | 12.9 | -69.6° | 326.4° | 17h 58.1m | -36° 20' | Scorpius | 25.5° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 106,086 | 12.9 | -70.3° | 331.0° | 17h 59.6m | -36° 24' | Sagittarius | 24.1° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 104,671 | 12.9 | -71.0° | 335.8° | 18h 1.1m | -36° 28' | Sagittarius | 22.7° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 103,239 | 12.9 | -71.5° | 340.9° | 18h 2.7m | -36° 33' | Sagittarius | 21.3° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 101,789 | 12.8 | -71.9° | 346.1° | 18h 4.3m | -36° 37' | Sagittarius | 19.9° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 100,322 | 12.8 | -72.2° | 351.4° | 18h 6.0m | -36° 42' | Sagittarius | 18.5° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 98,836 | 12.8 | -72.4° | 356.9° | 18h 7.7m | -36° 47' | Sagittarius | 17.1° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 97,332 | 12.7 | -72.5° | 2.3° | 18h 9.5m | -36° 52' | Sagittarius | 15.7° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 95,809 | 12.7 | -72.5° | 7.8° | 18h 11.3m | -36° 58' | Sagittarius | 14.2° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 94,268 | 12.7 | -72.4° | 13.2° | 18h 13.2m | -37° 3' | Corona Australis | 12.8° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 92,706 | 12.6 | -72.2° | 18.4° | 18h 15.2m | -37° 9' | Corona Australis | 11.3° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 91,125 | 12.6 | -71.8° | 23.5° | 18h 17.3m | -37° 15' | Corona Australis | 9.9° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 89,523 | 12.6 | -71.4° | 28.3° | 18h 19.4m | -37° 22' | Corona Australis | 8.4° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 87,901 | 12.5 | -71.0° | 32.9° | 18h 21.6m | -37° 29' | Corona Australis | 6.9° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 86,257 | 12.5 | -70.4° | 37.2° | 18h 23.9m | -37° 36' | Corona Australis | 5.5° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 84,591 | 12.5 | -69.8° | 41.4° | 18h 26.3m | -37° 43' | Corona Australis | 4.1° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 82,903 | 12.4 | -69.2° | 45.2° | 18h 28.7m | -37° 50' | Corona Australis | 2.6° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 81,193 | 12.4 | -68.5° | 48.8° | 18h 31.3m | -37° 58' | Corona Australis | 1.2° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 79,459 | 12.3 | -67.8° | 52.2° | 18h 34.0m | -38° 6' | Corona Australis | -0.2° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 77,701 | 12.3 | -67.0° | 55.4° | 18h 36.8m | -38° 15' | Corona Australis | -1.6° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 75,918 | 12.3 | -66.3° | 58.4° | 18h 39.8m | -38° 24' | Corona Australis | -3.0° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 74,109 | 12.2 | -65.5° | 61.1° | 18h 42.9m | -38° 33' | Corona Australis | -4.4° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 72,274 | 12.2 | -64.8° | 63.7° | 18h 46.1m | -38° 43' | Corona Australis | -5.7° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 70,412 | 12.1 | -64.0° | 66.2° | 18h 49.6m | -38° 53' | Corona Australis | -7.1° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 68,522 | 12.1 | -63.3° | 68.5° | 18h 53.2m | -39° 3' | Corona Australis | -8.4° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 66,602 | 12.0 | -62.6° | 70.6° | 18h 57.1m | -39° 14' | Corona Australis | -9.7° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 64,652 | 12.0 | -61.9° | 72.6° | 19h 1.2m | -39° 25' | Corona Australis | -10.9° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 62,670 | 11.9 | -61.2° | 74.5° | 19h 5.5m | -39° 36' | Corona Australis | -12.2° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 60,655 | 11.8 | -60.6° | 76.2° | 19h 10.2m | -39° 48' | Corona Australis | -13.4° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 58,606 | 11.8 | -60.0° | 77.9° | 19h 15.2m | -40° 0' | Corona Australis | -14.5° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 56,519 | 11.7 | -59.5° | 79.3° | 19h 20.5m | -40° 13' | Sagittarius | -15.7° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 54,394 | 11.6 | -59.0° | 80.7° | 19h 26.3m | -40° 26' | Sagittarius | -16.8° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 52,229 | 11.6 | -58.6° | 81.9° | 19h 32.7m | -40° 39' | Sagittarius | -17.8° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 50,020 | 11.5 | -58.3° | 82.9° | 19h 39.6m | -40° 52' | Sagittarius | -18.8° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 47,765 | 11.4 | -58.1° | 83.8° | 19h 47.2m | -41° 5' | Sagittarius | -19.8° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 45,460 | 11.3 | -58.0° | 84.5° | 19h 55.6m | -41° 18' | Sagittarius | -20.7° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 43,102 | 11.2 | -58.0° | 84.9° | 20h 5.0m | -41° 30' | Sagittarius | -21.6° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 40,687 | 11.1 | -58.2° | 85.0° | 20h 15.6m | -41° 41' | Sagittarius | -22.4° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 38,210 | 11.0 | -58.6° | 84.8° | 20h 27.7m | -41° 50' | Sagittarius | -23.2° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 35,663 | 10.9 | -59.2° | 84.1° | 20h 41.5m | -41° 55' | Microscopium | -23.9° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 33,042 | 10.8 | -60.1° | 82.6° | 20h 57.6m | -41° 55' | Microscopium | -24.5° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 30,336 | 10.6 | -61.3° | 80.2° | 21h 16.6m | -41° 46' | Microscopium | -25.1° | | Apr 11, 00:00:00 | 27,535 | 10.5 | -62.8° | 76.3° | 21h 39.3m | -41° 23' | Grus | -25.6° | | Apr 11, 00:10:00 | 24,625 | 10.3 | -64.7° | 69.8° | 22h 7.2m | -40° 35' | Grus | -26.1° | | Apr 11, 00:20:00 | 21,588 | 10.1 | -66.9° | 58.8° | 22h 42.1m | -39° 5' | Grus | -26.5° | | Apr 11, 00:30:00 | 18,393 | 9.9 | -68.4° | 39.6° | 23h 27.0m | -36° 20' | Sculptor | -26.8° | | Apr 11, 00:40:00 | 14,982 | 9.7 | -66.6° | 9.6° | 0h 26.9m | -31° 18' | Sculptor | -27.1° | | Apr 11, 00:50:00 | 11,258 | 9.4 | -56.2° | 335.7° | 1h 51.9m | -22° 26' | Cetus | -27.3° |
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