where is artemis 2 going

Artemis II is going around the Moon, not landing on it. It’s a planned lunar flyby : the crew will loop the Moon on a free-return trajectory and then come back to Earth.

Quick Scoop

• Launch site: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from Launch Complex 39B.

• Route: Earth orbit first, then a trip around the Moon, then return to Earth.

• Closest approach: about 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) from the Moon’s surface.

• Mission length: roughly 10 days.

In plain English

Artemis II is basically NASA’s first crewed Moon-bound mission of the Artemis program , but it is not a Moon landing. The spacecraft is expected to fly around the Moon and come home, helping test Orion and SLS with astronauts onboard.

If you want, I can also give you the exact flight path in a simple step- by-step version.