Preparing for NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission | Kennedy Space Center

Preparing for NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission | Kennedy Space Center

A map of the Artemis II flight path

Artemis II will be the first flight with crew aboard NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During their mission, four astronauts will confirm all of the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed with people aboard in the actual environment of deep space, over the course of about a 10-day mission. The Artemis II flight test will pave the way to land the first woman and next man on the Moon on Artemis III.

Learn more about Artemis II: 

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii

An American bald eagle is perched atop a pole near Kennedy Parkway North at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 8, 2023. Each year, eagles take up winter residence at the Florida spaceport, breeding and raising a new generation. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, and 15 federally listed species. 

Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Image Date: February 8, 2023

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