Artemis II marks NASA’s first crewed mission under the Artemis program, carrying four astronauts on an approximately 10-day journey around the Moon and back. The mission is designed to put the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft through their toughest tests yet, including life support, navigation, and other critical systems operating in deep space. The crew will not land on the Moon but will conduct manual flight tests in Earth orbit before traveling beyond the lunar far side. Th

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Crew Rollout Media Event | Kennedy Space Center Support FriendsofNASA.org | From left to right, NASA Press Secretary Bethany Stevens; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot, and Christina Koch, mission specialist, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, speak to members of the media during NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (S