Artemis II crew brings Moon Joy to NASA Stennis! 🚀 NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen visited us on Thursday, Sept. 3, to celebrate the historic @NASAArtemis II test flight around the Moon. As the first astronauts to fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the crew traveled farther in space than humans have ever before. During their visit to Stennis, they stopped at the Fred Haise Test Stand, where rigorous RS-25 engine testing ensures our astronauts fly safely on NASA’s SLS rocket. The crew thanked everyone for tackling hard challenges and reminded us during an employee event: “You put humans in space.” Today provided a great reminder for all: Whether you work at America’s largest rocket propulsion test site or look up at the Moon from your backyard, you are a part of America’s return to the Moon. And the Artemis II mission is just the beginning! Next comes Artemis III with a mission intended to demonstrate integrated operations between the Orion spacecraft and test versions of commercial human landing systems before Artemis IV returns astronauts to the lunar surface.

Artemis III 🌍 A low Earth orbit demonstration mission 🔧 Practicing critical rendezvous and docking operations 🌙 Paving the way for Moon landings More info in this explainer:

Artemis III hardware is stacking up - literally. The first segments of the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters have been stacked on top of the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at @NASAKennedy. Read more >>

Artemis III is coming together, piece by piece. The second of four RS-25 rocket engines was recently offloaded at @NASAKennedy. These rocket engines will power the Space Launch System rocket during the launch of Artemis III, propelling the Orion spacecraft into Earth orbit.

Artemis III crew 🤝 Orion Training is underway! The Artemis III astronauts have begun preparing for their mission, starting with familiarization of their spacecraft inside a full-scale Orion mockup at Johnson’s Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.