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.

Ready for even more Moon joy? Try International Observe the Moon Night 🌓 This Sept. 19, you’re invited to celebrate our nearest neighbor in space with lunar observers and curious people all over the world. Register:

Life inside Orion! The Moon joy was (and continues to be!) contagious as the Artemis II mission flew around the Moon and broke the record for farthest distance traveled from Earth.

If you tuned into the Artemis II mission livestream, you may recall hearing pure Moon Joy come from Dr. Kelsey Young as the crew described what they were observing when they flew by the Moon. Hear from Dr. Young about that moment and more on #HWHAP# >>

The young designer of Rise meets a @nasaartemis II astronaut! Eight-year-old Lucas Ye had the brightest smile as Artemis II pilot @AstroVicGlover showed him Rise and congratulated him at the Ames summer picnic. A true experience of Moon joy.