Which NASA mission carried the America250 logo on its rocket boosters?

Artemis II carried the America250 logo on its rocket boosters.

Technicians applied the semiquincentennial logo to the solid rocket boosters of the Space Launch System rocket prepared for Artemis II. The mission launched in April 2026 and sent four astronauts around the Moon, linking a national anniversary symbol with a major American spaceflight.

Artemis II was especially significant because it became the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo program ended in 1972. The flight therefore connected the 250th anniversary with both the nation’s founding history and its continuing exploration of space.

Artemis I was an earlier uncrewed test flight and did not carry the crew of Artemis II. Apollo 17 was the final crewed lunar-landing mission of the Apollo era, while Commercial Crew missions serve the International Space Station. Those distinctions make Artemis II the specific mission associated with the America250 logo.