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, 15:00:00 | 130,507 | 13.3 | -54.4° | 276.5° | 17h 38.1m | -35° 14' | Scorpius | 45.0° | | Apr 10, 15:10:00 | 129,359 | 13.3 | -55.9° | 278.4° | 17h 39.0m | -35° 16' | Scorpius | 44.1° | | Apr 10, 15:20:00 | 128,199 | 13.3 | -57.4° | 280.5° | 17h 40.0m | -35° 17' | Scorpius | 43.2° | | Apr 10, 15:30:00 | 127,026 | 13.3 | -58.8° | 282.6° | 17h 41.0m | -35° 19' | Scorpius | 42.2° | | Apr 10, 15:40:00 | 125,840 | 13.2 | -60.3° | 284.9° | 17h 42.0m | -35° 21' | Scorpius | 41.2° | | Apr 10, 15:50:00 | 124,640 | 13.2 | -61.7° | 287.3° | 17h 43.0m | -35° 23' | Scorpius | 40.0° | | Apr 10, 16:00:00 | 123,427 | 13.2 | -63.1° | 289.8° | 17h 44.1m | -35° 25' | Scorpius | 38.9° | | Apr 10, 16:10:00 | 122,199 | 13.2 | -64.5° | 292.5° | 17h 45.2m | -35° 28' | Scorpius | 37.6° | | Apr 10, 16:20:00 | 120,958 | 13.2 | -65.8° | 295.4° | 17h 46.3m | -35° 30' | Scorpius | 36.4° | | Apr 10, 16:30:00 | 119,702 | 13.1 | -67.1° | 298.5° | 17h 47.4m | -35° 33' | Scorpius | 35.0° | | Apr 10, 16:40:00 | 118,431 | 13.1 | -68.4° | 301.9° | 17h 48.6m | -35° 35' | Scorpius | 33.7° | | Apr 10, 16:50:00 | 117,145 | 13.1 | -69.6° | 305.5° | 17h 49.9m | -35° 38' | Scorpius | 32.3° | | Apr 10, 17:00:00 | 115,844 | 13.1 | -70.8° | 309.5° | 17h 51.1m | -35° 41' | Scorpius | 30.9° | | Apr 10, 17:10:00 | 114,527 | 13.1 | -71.9° | 313.8° | 17h 52.4m | -35° 44' | Scorpius | 29.4° | | Apr 10, 17:20:00 | 113,195 | 13.0 | -72.9° | 318.6° | 17h 53.8m | -35° 47' | Scorpius | 27.9° | | Apr 10, 17:30:00 | 111,847 | 13.0 | -73.8° | 323.8° | 17h 55.2m | -35° 51' | Scorpius | 26.4° | | Apr 10, 17:40:00 | 110,482 | 13.0 | -74.6° | 329.5° | 17h 56.6m | -35° 54' | Scorpius | 24.9° | | Apr 10, 17:50:00 | 109,101 | 13.0 | -75.3° | 335.6° | 17h 58.0m | -35° 58' | Scorpius | 23.3° | | Apr 10, 18:00:00 | 107,703 | 12.9 | -75.9° | 342.2° | 17h 59.5m | -36° 2' | Sagittarius | 21.7° | | Apr 10, 18:10:00 | 106,288 | 12.9 | -76.3° | 349.1° | 18h 1.1m | -36° 6' | Sagittarius | 20.2° | | Apr 10, 18:20:00 | 104,856 | 12.9 | -76.5° | 356.3° | 18h 2.7m | -36° 11' | Sagittarius | 18.6° | | Apr 10, 18:30:00 | 103,406 | 12.9 | -76.6° | 3.6° | 18h 4.3m | -36° 15' | Sagittarius | 17.0° | | Apr 10, 18:40:00 | 101,938 | 12.8 | -76.5° | 10.8° | 18h 6.0m | -36° 20' | Sagittarius | 15.4° | | Apr 10, 18:50:00 | 100,452 | 12.8 | -76.3° | 17.8° | 18h 7.7m | -36° 25' | Sagittarius | 13.8° | | Apr 10, 19:00:00 | 98,948 | 12.8 | -75.9° | 24.5° | 18h 9.5m | -36° 30' | Sagittarius | 12.1° | | Apr 10, 19:10:00 | 97,425 | 12.7 | -75.3° | 30.8° | 18h 11.4m | -36° 36' | Sagittarius | 10.5° | | Apr 10, 19:20:00 | 95,883 | 12.7 | -74.7° | 36.6° | 18h 13.3m | -36° 41' | Sagittarius | 8.9° | | Apr 10, 19:30:00 | 94,322 | 12.7 | -74.0° | 41.9° | 18h 15.3m | -36° 47' | Sagittarius | 7.3° | | Apr 10, 19:40:00 | 92,741 | 12.7 | -73.1° | 46.8° | 18h 17.3m | -36° 53' | Sagittarius | 5.7° | | Apr 10, 19:50:00 | 91,140 | 12.6 | -72.3° | 51.2° | 18h 19.4m | -37° 0' | Corona Australis | 4.1° | | Apr 10, 20:00:00 | 89,518 | 12.6 | -71.3° | 55.2° | 18h 21.6m | -37° 6' | Corona Australis | 2.5° | | Apr 10, 20:10:00 | 87,876 | 12.5 | -70.3° | 58.9° | 18h 23.9m | -37° 13' | Corona Australis | 0.9° | | Apr 10, 20:20:00 | 86,213 | 12.5 | -69.3° | 62.3° | 18h 26.3m | -37° 21' | Corona Australis | -0.7° | | Apr 10, 20:30:00 | 84,527 | 12.5 | -68.3° | 65.4° | 18h 28.7m | -37° 28' | Corona Australis | -2.3° | | Apr 10, 20:40:00 | 82,820 | 12.4 | -67.3° | 68.2° | 18h 31.3m | -37° 36' | Corona Australis | -3.8° | | Apr 10, 20:50:00 | 81,090 | 12.4 | -66.3° | 70.8° | 18h 33.9m | -37° 44' | Corona Australis | -5.4° | | Apr 10, 21:00:00 | 79,337 | 12.4 | -65.2° | 73.3° | 18h 36.7m | -37° 53' | Corona Australis | -6.9° | | Apr 10, 21:10:00 | 77,560 | 12.3 | -64.2° | 75.6° | 18h 39.6m | -38° 2' | Corona Australis | -8.4° | | Apr 10, 21:20:00 | 75,759 | 12.3 | -63.2° | 77.7° | 18h 42.6m | -38° 11' | Corona Australis | -9.8° | | Apr 10, 21:30:00 | 73,932 | 12.2 | -62.2° | 79.7° | 18h 45.8m | -38° 20' | Corona Australis | -11.3° | | Apr 10, 21:40:00 | 72,080 | 12.2 | -61.2° | 81.6° | 18h 49.1m | -38° 30' | Corona Australis | -12.7° | | Apr 10, 21:50:00 | 70,201 | 12.1 | -60.3° | 83.4° | 18h 52.7m | -38° 41' | Corona Australis | -14.1° | | Apr 10, 22:00:00 | 68,294 | 12.1 | -59.4° | 85.0° | 18h 56.4m | -38° 51' | Corona Australis | -15.5° | | Apr 10, 22:10:00 | 66,358 | 12.0 | -58.5° | 86.6° | 19h 0.3m | -39° 2' | Corona Australis | -16.8° | | Apr 10, 22:20:00 | 64,393 | 12.0 | -57.7° | 88.1° | 19h 4.5m | -39° 14' | Corona Australis | -18.1° | | Apr 10, 22:30:00 | 62,397 | 11.9 | -56.9° | 89.5° | 19h 9.0m | -39° 26' | Corona Australis | -19.4° | | Apr 10, 22:40:00 | 60,368 | 11.8 | -56.1° | 90.8° | 19h 13.7m | -39° 38' | Corona Australis | -20.6° | | Apr 10, 22:50:00 | 58,305 | 11.8 | -55.4° | 92.0° | 19h 18.9m | -39° 51' | Sagittarius | -21.7° | | Apr 10, 23:00:00 | 56,207 | 11.7 | -54.8° | 93.1° | 19h 24.4m | -40° 3' | Sagittarius | -22.9° | | Apr 10, 23:10:00 | 54,072 | 11.6 | -54.3° | 94.1° | 19h 30.3m | -40° 16' | Sagittarius | -23.9° | | Apr 10, 23:20:00 | 51,897 | 11.6 | -53.8° | 95.1° | 19h 36.8m | -40° 30' | Sagittarius | -25.0° | | Apr 10, 23:30:00 | 49,680 | 11.5 | -53.5° | 95.9° | 19h 43.9m | -40° 43' | Sagittarius | -25.9° | | Apr 10, 23:40:00 | 47,419 | 11.4 | -53.2° | 96.6° | 19h 51.8m | -40° 56' | Sagittarius | -26.8° | | Apr 10, 23:50:00 | 45,111 | 11.3 | -53.1° | 97.1° | 20h 0.4m | -41° 9' | Sagittarius | -27.7° | | Apr 11, 00:00:00 | 42,752 | 11.2 | -53.1° | 97.4° | 20h 10.1m | -41° 21' | Sagittarius | -28.4° | | Apr 11, 00:10:00 | 40,338 | 11.1 | -53.4° | 97.5° | 20h 21.0m | -41° 31' | Sagittarius | -29.1° | | Apr 11, 00:20:00 | 37,865 | 11.0 | -53.8° | 97.3° | 20h 33.4m | -41° 39' | Microscopium | -29.8° | | Apr 11, 00:30:00 | 35,328 | 10.9 | -54.5° | 96.7° | 20h 47.7m | -41° 43' | Microscopium | -30.4° | | Apr 11, 00:40:00 | 32,721 | 10.8 | -55.6° | 95.5° | 21h 4.3m | -41° 40' | Microscopium | -30.9° | | Apr 11, 00:50:00 | 30,037 | 10.6 | -57.0° | 93.5° | 21h 23.9m | -41° 27' | Microscopium | -31.3° | | Apr 11, 01:00:00 | 27,269 | 10.5 | -58.9° | 90.3° | 21h 47.5m | -40° 58' | Grus | -31.6° | | Apr 11, 01:10:00 | 24,407 | 10.3 | -61.4° | 84.9° | 22h 16.2m | -40° 1' | Grus | -31.9° | | Apr 11, 01:20:00 | 21,440 | 10.1 | -64.5° | 75.4° | 22h 52.1m | -38° 18' | Grus | -32.0° | | Apr 11, 01:30:00 | 18,351 | 10.0 | -67.8° | 57.7° | 23h 37.9m | -35° 11' | Sculptor | -32.1° | | Apr 11, 01:40:00 | 15,104 | 9.8 | -68.4° | 25.2° | 0h 38.5m | -29° 36' | Sculptor | -32.1° | | Apr 11, 01:50:00 | 11,630 | 9.5 | -59.5° | 344.6° | 2h 3.0m | -19° 58' | Cetus | -32.1° |
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