NASA's Artemis II Moon Crew Visits Kennedy Space Center & Orion Spacecraft

NASA's Artemis II Moon Crew Visits Kennedy Space Center & Orion Spacecraft

Artemis II Moon crew astronauts visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 7, 2023. In front, from left, are NASA astronauts Reid Weisman and Christina Koch, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hanson, and NASA astronaut Victor Glover in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Behind them are Exploration Ground Systems team members.

Artemis II astronauts pose for a photograph with members of the Artemis launch team inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II mission specialist Christina Hammock Koch inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II pilot Victor Glover inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Artemis II mission specialist Jeremy Hansen of Canada inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

While wearing clean room suits, the Artemis II crew members (from left: NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen) check out their Orion crew module inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The Artemis II Moon crew—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida during Aug. 7-8, 2023.

The approximately 10-day Artemis II Mission will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface, including landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon.

The Artemis II crew module is now undergoing acoustic testing ahead of integration with the European Service Module (ESM). 

Artemis II will launch no earlier than December 2024.

Learn more about the Artemis II Mission:

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

Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Image Dates: Aug. 7-8, 2023

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