The European-built Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Artemis II mission is on a work stand inside a clean room inside the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 12, 2022. Teams from NASA, Lockheed Martin, the European Space Agency and Airbus will prepare the service module to be integrated with the Orion crew module adapter and crew module, already housed in the facility. The powerhouse that will fuel and propel Orion in space, the ESM for Artemis II will be the first Artemis mission flying crew aboard Orion.

Representatives from NASA, Lockheed Martin and the White House Office of Management and Budget pause for a group photograph in front of the Artemis I spacecraft during a tour of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. From left, are Kennedy Deputy Director Janet Petro; Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations; Brian McCormack, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard; Larry Price, Lockheed Martin Orion program manager; Dr. Eric H. Thoemmes, vice president of Space, Missile Defense and Strategic with Lockheed Martin; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; Glenn Chin, Deputy Manager of Orion Production Operations; and Joe Mayer, director of Government Relations with Lockheed Martin. Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. In the background is the Orion spacecraft for Artemis I. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

From left, Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine view a signed banner during a tour inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020, with representatives from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Inside the high bay, Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. OMB is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Dr. Eric H. Thoemmes, third from left, vice president of Space, Missile Defense and Strategic with Lockheed Martin, speaks to Russell Vought, second from left, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, during a tour of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. At far left is Larry Price, Lockheed Martin Orion Program manager. To the right of Thoemmes is NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, and Brian McCormack, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. In view in the background is the heatshield for Artemis II. Inside the high bay, Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Shown in front of the Artemis I spacecraft, Larry Price, at left, Lockheed Martin Orion program manager, accompanies Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, during a tour of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

Shown in front of the Artemis I spacecraft, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, far left, tours the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high by at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. Next to him, from left are Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations; Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; Brian McCormack, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; and Glenn Chin, Deputy Manager of Orion Production Operations. Inside the high bay, Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

The European-built Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Artemis II mission is on a work stand inside a clean room inside the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 12, 2022. Teams from NASA, Lockheed Martin, the European Space Agency and Airbus will prepare the service module to be integrated with the Orion crew module adapter and crew module, already housed in the facility. The powerhouse that will fuel and propel Orion in space, the ESM for Artemis II will be the first Artemis mission flying crew aboard Orion.

Larry Price, closest to the Artemis I spacecraft, Lockheed Martin Orion Program manager, accompanies Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, during a tour of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. Behind them, from left, are Brian McCormack, White House associate director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Kennedy Space Director Bob Cabana. At far right, from the front, are Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and Glenn Chin, Deputy Manager of Orion Production Operations. In the foreground, from left are Dr. Eric Thoemmes, vice president, Lockheed Martin Space, Missile Defense and Strategic, and NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard. Inside the high bay, Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

From left, Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations; Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana; NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget; and Larry Price, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager, tour the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. In the center, behind them from left, are Brian McCormack, associate director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Glenn Chin, Deputy Manager of Orion Production Operations. Inside the high bay, Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II, with the Crew Module Adapter for Artemis II shown in the background. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s crewed Artemis II (right), Artemis III (left), and Artemis IV (center) missions are stationed next to each other inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. Each capsule is in a different stage of production as technicians and engineers prepare the spacecraft to carry astronauts to and around the Moon on their upcoming flights.

Closest to the Artemis I spacecraft, Larry Price, at left, Lockheed Martin Orion program manager, talks with Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, third from left in front, during a tour of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 28, 2020. Orion spacecraft are being prepared for Artemis I and Artemis II. The Office of Management and Budget is working with the U.S. Congress to line up the necessary resources to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.