On April 10 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, 08:00:00 | 124,529 | 13.2 | 6.1° | 212.3° | 17h 37.2m | -36° 40' | Scorpius | 18.4° | | Apr 10, 08:10:00 | 123,401 | 13.2 | 5.0° | 213.9° | 17h 37.5m | -36° 42' | Scorpius | 20.4° | | Apr 10, 08:20:00 | 122,269 | 13.2 | 3.9° | 215.5° | 17h 37.8m | -36° 44' | Scorpius | 22.4° | | Apr 10, 08:30:00 | 121,134 | 13.2 | 2.7° | 217.1° | 17h 38.1m | -36° 46' | Scorpius | 24.3° | | Apr 10, 08:40:00 | 119,994 | 13.1 | 1.5° | 218.6° | 17h 38.5m | -36° 48' | Scorpius | 26.2° | | Apr 10, 08:50:00 | 118,849 | 13.1 | 0.3° | 220.1° | 17h 38.9m | -36° 50' | Scorpius | 28.2° | | Apr 10, 09:00:00 | 117,699 | 13.1 | -0.9° | 221.5° | 17h 39.3m | -36° 52' | Scorpius | 30.1° | | Apr 10, 09:10:00 | 116,544 | 13.1 | -2.2° | 223.0° | 17h 39.7m | -36° 53' | Scorpius | 32.0° | | Apr 10, 09:20:00 | 115,382 | 13.1 | -3.6° | 224.3° | 17h 40.2m | -36° 55' | Scorpius | 33.9° | | Apr 10, 09:30:00 | 114,213 | 13.0 | -4.9° | 225.7° | 17h 40.7m | -36° 57' | Scorpius | 35.8° | | Apr 10, 09:40:00 | 113,037 | 13.0 | -6.3° | 227.0° | 17h 41.2m | -36° 58' | Scorpius | 37.6° | | Apr 10, 09:50:00 | 111,854 | 13.0 | -7.7° | 228.3° | 17h 41.8m | -37° 0' | Scorpius | 39.4° | | Apr 10, 10:00:00 | 110,662 | 13.0 | -9.1° | 229.5° | 17h 42.4m | -37° 1' | Scorpius | 41.2° | | Apr 10, 10:10:00 | 109,462 | 12.9 | -10.5° | 230.8° | 17h 43.0m | -37° 3' | Scorpius | 42.9° | | Apr 10, 10:20:00 | 108,252 | 12.9 | -12.0° | 232.0° | 17h 43.7m | -37° 4' | Scorpius | 44.7° | | Apr 10, 10:30:00 | 107,032 | 12.9 | -13.5° | 233.1° | 17h 44.4m | -37° 6' | Scorpius | 46.3° | | Apr 10, 10:40:00 | 105,802 | 12.9 | -15.0° | 234.3° | 17h 45.1m | -37° 7' | Scorpius | 47.9° | | Apr 10, 10:50:00 | 104,561 | 12.9 | -16.5° | 235.4° | 17h 45.9m | -37° 9' | Scorpius | 49.5° | | Apr 10, 11:00:00 | 103,309 | 12.8 | -18.0° | 236.4° | 17h 46.7m | -37° 10' | Scorpius | 51.0° | | Apr 10, 11:10:00 | 102,044 | 12.8 | -19.5° | 237.5° | 17h 47.6m | -37° 12' | Scorpius | 52.4° | | Apr 10, 11:20:00 | 100,766 | 12.8 | -21.0° | 238.5° | 17h 48.5m | -37° 13' | Scorpius | 53.7° | | Apr 10, 11:30:00 | 99,475 | 12.7 | -22.6° | 239.5° | 17h 49.5m | -37° 15' | Scorpius | 54.9° | | Apr 10, 11:40:00 | 98,170 | 12.7 | -24.1° | 240.5° | 17h 50.5m | -37° 16' | Scorpius | 56.1° | | Apr 10, 11:50:00 | 96,850 | 12.7 | -25.7° | 241.5° | 17h 51.6m | -37° 18' | Scorpius | 57.1° | | Apr 10, 12:00:00 | 95,515 | 12.7 | -27.2° | 242.4° | 17h 52.8m | -37° 20' | Scorpius | 58.0° | | Apr 10, 12:10:00 | 94,164 | 12.6 | -28.8° | 243.3° | 17h 54.0m | -37° 21' | Scorpius | 58.7° | | Apr 10, 12:20:00 | 92,796 | 12.6 | -30.4° | 244.2° | 17h 55.2m | -37° 23' | Scorpius | 59.3° | | Apr 10, 12:30:00 | 91,410 | 12.6 | -31.9° | 245.0° | 17h 56.6m | -37° 25' | Scorpius | 59.8° | | Apr 10, 12:40:00 | 90,007 | 12.5 | -33.5° | 245.9° | 17h 58.0m | -37° 27' | Scorpius | 60.1° | | Apr 10, 12:50:00 | 88,584 | 12.5 | -35.0° | 246.7° | 17h 59.4m | -37° 29' | Corona Australis | 60.2° | | Apr 10, 13:00:00 | 87,141 | 12.5 | -36.6° | 247.5° | 18h 1.0m | -37° 31' | Corona Australis | 60.1° | | Apr 10, 13:10:00 | 85,678 | 12.4 | -38.1° | 248.3° | 18h 2.6m | -37° 33' | Corona Australis | 59.9° | | Apr 10, 13:20:00 | 84,194 | 12.4 | -39.7° | 249.0° | 18h 4.3m | -37° 35' | Corona Australis | 59.5° | | Apr 10, 13:30:00 | 82,687 | 12.4 | -41.2° | 249.8° | 18h 6.1m | -37° 37' | Corona Australis | 58.9° | | Apr 10, 13:40:00 | 81,157 | 12.3 | -42.7° | 250.5° | 18h 8.0m | -37° 40' | Corona Australis | 58.2° | | Apr 10, 13:50:00 | 79,603 | 12.3 | -44.2° | 251.2° | 18h 10.0m | -37° 42' | Corona Australis | 57.4° | | Apr 10, 14:00:00 | 78,023 | 12.3 | -45.7° | 251.8° | 18h 12.1m | -37° 45' | Corona Australis | 56.4° | | Apr 10, 14:10:00 | 76,418 | 12.2 | -47.2° | 252.5° | 18h 14.4m | -37° 48' | Corona Australis | 55.3° | | Apr 10, 14:20:00 | 74,785 | 12.2 | -48.7° | 253.1° | 18h 16.7m | -37° 51' | Corona Australis | 54.1° | | Apr 10, 14:30:00 | 73,124 | 12.1 | -50.1° | 253.7° | 18h 19.2m | -37° 54' | Corona Australis | 52.8° | | Apr 10, 14:40:00 | 71,433 | 12.1 | -51.5° | 254.3° | 18h 21.8m | -37° 57' | Corona Australis | 51.4° | | Apr 10, 14:50:00 | 69,711 | 12.0 | -52.9° | 254.8° | 18h 24.6m | -38° 0' | Corona Australis | 50.0° | | Apr 10, 15:00:00 | 67,956 | 12.0 | -54.3° | 255.3° | 18h 27.5m | -38° 4' | Corona Australis | 48.4° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 66,168 | 11.9 | -55.6° | 255.8° | 18h 30.7m | -38° 7' | Corona Australis | 46.9° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 64,343 | 11.9 | -56.9° | 256.2° | 18h 34.0m | -38° 11' | Corona Australis | 45.2° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 62,481 | 11.8 | -58.1° | 256.6° | 18h 37.6m | -38° 15' | Corona Australis | 43.5° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 60,580 | 11.8 | -59.4° | 257.0° | 18h 41.4m | -38° 19' | Corona Australis | 41.8° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 58,637 | 11.7 | -60.5° | 257.4° | 18h 45.4m | -38° 23' | Corona Australis | 40.0° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 56,649 | 11.6 | -61.6° | 257.7° | 18h 49.8m | -38° 27' | Corona Australis | 38.2° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 54,614 | 11.6 | -62.6° | 257.9° | 18h 54.5m | -38° 31' | Corona Australis | 36.4° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 52,529 | 11.5 | -63.6° | 258.2° | 18h 59.6m | -38° 35' | Corona Australis | 34.5° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 50,390 | 11.4 | -64.5° | 258.4° | 19h 5.2m | -38° 38' | Corona Australis | 32.6° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 48,193 | 11.3 | -65.2° | 258.5° | 19h 11.3m | -38° 41' | Corona Australis | 30.7° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 45,932 | 11.3 | -65.9° | 258.7° | 19h 18.0m | -38° 44' | Corona Australis | 28.8° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 43,603 | 11.2 | -66.4° | 258.8° | 19h 25.3m | -38° 45' | Sagittarius | 26.9° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 41,197 | 11.0 | -66.8° | 258.9° | 19h 33.6m | -38° 46' | Sagittarius | 25.0° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 38,707 | 10.9 | -66.9° | 259.0° | 19h 42.8m | -38° 44' | Sagittarius | 23.0° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 36,121 | 10.8 | -66.8° | 259.2° | 19h 53.3m | -38° 39' | Sagittarius | 21.1° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 33,426 | 10.7 | -66.4° | 259.5° | 20h 5.3m | -38° 30' | Sagittarius | 19.1° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 30,603 | 10.5 | -65.6° | 259.8° | 20h 19.2m | -38° 15' | Sagittarius | 17.1° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 27,627 | 10.3 | -64.3° | 260.3° | 20h 35.8m | -37° 49' | Microscopium | 15.2° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 24,460 | 10.1 | -62.2° | 261.0° | 20h 55.8m | -37° 6' | Microscopium | 13.2° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 21,045 | 9.9 | -59.0° | 261.9° | 21h 20.6m | -35° 55' | Microscopium | 11.2° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 17,282 | 9.6 | -54.1° | 262.9° | 21h 52.5m | -33° 53' | Piscis Austrinus | 9.3° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 12,988 | 9.1 | -46.3° | 264.2° | 22h 35.4m | -30° 9' | Piscis Austrinus | 7.3° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 7,846 | 8.4 | -32.9° | 265.6° | 23h 35.8m | -22° 45' | Aquarius | 5.3° |
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