Compass Students Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission Around the Moon

Compass students who were curious about the Artemis II mission didn’t wait for an assignment.

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While the world watched NASA’s Artemis II mission travel around the Moon, some Compass students did something very Compass-like…

They started tracking it themselves.

Artemis II launched April 1, 2026, sending four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back, marking the first crewed mission into lunar space in more than 50 years. The crew flew a “free-return” path around the Moon, traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and helping test systems that will support future lunar landings and even missions to Mars.

Compass students who were curious about the mission didn’t wait for an assignment.

• They followed launch updates.

• They tracked the spacecraft’s path.

• They shared what they were learning with each other.

Instead of learning about exploration someday, students practice being explorers now. One student starts tracking a spacecraft, and suddenly a group is learning together about trajectories, astronauts, and what comes next for humans in space.

We are so proud of the Compass Way, which includes deep engagement, real curiosity, and learning that reaches well beyond the classroom walls.