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Kennedy Space Center

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NASA Kennedy Top 20 Stories of 2025

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

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Christina H. Koch

Exploration Ground Systems

G. Reid Wiseman

Kennedy Space Center

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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

Johnson Space Center

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Gateway Program

Gateway Space Station

Humans in Space

International Space Station (ISS)

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NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at Johnson helped prepare for future missions to the Moon and, ultimately, Mars.

Posted December 19, 2025

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Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Stacked

In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted November 26, 2025

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Artemis

Exploration Ground Systems

Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Progresses Toward Artemis II Moon Mission

As 2026 nears, NASA continues moving forward to launching and flying Artemis II, the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign, no later than April next year. NASA’s Orion spacecraft, complete with its launch abort system escape tower, is now integrated with the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at […]

Posted November 20, 2025

I Am Artemis

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Orion Program

I Am Artemis: Diamond St. John

Listen to this audio excerpt from Diamond St. John, engineer working on the Artemis III heat shield for the Orion Program at Lockheed Martin: For four-generations, Diamond St. John’s family has been supporting human spaceflight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Posted September 26, 2025

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Secures Critical Abort System Hardware for Artemis II

All the pieces are stacking up – literally – for NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis program coming in 2026. Teams are finishing integration of the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II test flight with its launch abort system on Sept. 17 inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Posted September 19, 2025

General

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Biological & Physical Sciences

Earth's Moon

Human Research Program

Humans in Space

Lunar Discovery & Exploration Program

Lunar Science

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Artemis II Crew Both Subjects and Scientists in NASA Deep Space Research

With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also will be serving as both scientists and volunteer research subjects, completing a suite of experiments that will […]

Posted September 11, 2025

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Artemis

Kennedy Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA Invites Media to View Artemis Moon Rocket, Spacecraft at Kennedy

Media are invited to see NASA’s fully assembled Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft in mid-October before its crewed test flight around the Moon next year. The event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will showcase hardware for the Artemis II lunar mission, which will test capabilities needed for […]

Posted September 10, 2025

Kennedy Space Center

Artemis 2

Exploration Ground Systems

Johnson Space Center

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Space Launch System (SLS)

NASA, DoD Practice Abort Scenarios Ahead of Artemis II Moon Mission

NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) teamed up June 11 and 12 to simulate emergency procedures they would use to rescue the Artemis II crew in the event of a launch emergency. The simulations, which took place off the coast of Florida and were supported by launch and flight control teams, are preparing NASA […]

Posted June 13, 2025