Christina H. Koch

Exploration Ground Systems

G. Reid Wiseman

Space Launch System (SLS)

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year. The astronauts, supported by launch and flight control teams, dressed in their launch and entry suits, boarded their spacecraft on top of […]

Posted December 23, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

G. Reid Wiseman

Space Launch System (SLS)

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration

The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a dress rehearsal for launch day on Dec. 20, 2025.

Posted December 20, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 2

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Crew Walks Out for Practice Scenarios

The Artemis II crew (from front left to back right) – pilot Victor Glover, commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and mission specialist Christina Koch – walk out of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. […]

Posted September 9, 2025

Artemis 2

G. Reid Wiseman

Space Launch System (SLS)

Victor J. Glover

NASA’s Artemis II Orion Service Module Buttoned Up for Launch

Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Orion’s spacecraft. The operation completed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted March 21, 2025

Andre Douglas

Artemis 2

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Media Day with Artemis II Crews

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jenni Gibbons, NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman participate in a media day event on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted January 3, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 2

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing

Teams lifted NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight out of the Final Assembly and System Testing cell and moved it to the altitude chamber to complete further testing on Nov. 6 inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers returned the spacecraft to […]

Posted November 12, 2024

Analog Field Testing

Andre Douglas

Apollo

Artemis

Astronauts

Earth's Moon

G. Reid Wiseman

Humans in Space

Missions

The Solar System

Victor J. Glover

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

At first glance, it seems like a scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface…except the people are in hiking gear, not spacesuits.

Posted September 13, 2024

Apollo 14

Artemis 1

Artemis 2

G. Reid Wiseman

Victor J. Glover

Moon Tree Dedication with Artemis II Crew

NASA astronauts Victor Glover (left), Reid Wiseman (middle left), and Christina Koch (middle right), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (right), pose for a photo after a Moon Tree dedication ceremony, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the United States Capitol in Washington.

Posted June 6, 2024

Missions

Artemis 2

Astronauts