Exploration Ground Systems

Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Following NASA’s Artemis II mission successfully splashing down on Earth, engineers started diving into detailed analysis of data to assess how key systems and subsystems on the Orion spacecraft, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, and systems at the launch pad at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida performed.
Posted April 21, 2026
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
I Am Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Listen to this audio excerpt from Dan Florez, test director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program: At 1:47 a.m.
Posted April 10, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Exploration Ground Systems
I Am Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
Listen to this audio excerpt from Michael Guzman, Artemis II main propulsion systems engineer: A clue to what Mike Guzman, main propulsion systems engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, loves most can be found in the signature of his work email: a complex string of equations for rocket thrust, specific impulse, and the […]
Posted March 27, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Exploration Ground Systems
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 12, to highlight progress toward the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon. The media briefing will take place from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the conclusion of an Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. The news conference will stream live […]
Posted March 9, 2026
Artemis 2
Artemis
Exploration Ground Systems
I Am Artemis
Kennedy Space Center
Missions
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Jesse Berdis’s dream of becoming a structural engineer began with visions of skyscrapers rising above the Dallas and Oklahoma skyline. Today, that dream has soared beyond city limits, reaching towering heights at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted February 11, 2026
Artemis 2
Exploration Ground Systems
Kennedy Space Center
NASA’s Crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.
Posted January 16, 2026
Kennedy Space Center
Andre Douglas
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
Exploration Ground Systems
G. Reid Wiseman
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Victor J. Glover
For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the Moon, the process of getting inside and secured – in this case, in NASA’s Orion spacecraft – requires help. That’s the role of the Artemis closeout crew. Trained to support Artemis II and […]
Posted December 23, 2025
Artemis 2
Andre Douglas
Christina H. Koch
Exploration Ground Systems
G. Reid Wiseman
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Victor J. Glover
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
Kennedy Space Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Commercial Crew
Commercial Resupply
Exploration Ground Systems
International Space Station (ISS)
Launch Services Program
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent 2025 preparing the launch vehicle and its powerhouse SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to launch four astronauts around the Moon for Artemis II in early 2026.
Posted December 22, 2025
Artemis
Artemis 2
Christina H. Koch
Exploration Ground Systems
G. Reid Wiseman
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
Victor J. Glover
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
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