NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman participates in the beans and cornbread tradition after a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist onboard on the Artemis II mission in Firing Room 2 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. The quartet launched at 6:35pm EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, participates in the post launch traditional beans and cornbread at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Launch Control Center (LCC) shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, launched on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Orbital Processing Facility Inspector Janaro Negrete, fills cups with the post launch traditional beans and cornbread to take share with his colleagues at the Launch Control Center (LCC) after the launch of the space shuttle Discovery (STS-133) at the Kennedy Space Center, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Discovery, on its 39th and final flight, is carrying the Italian-built Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM), Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4) and Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, talks with NASA Space Shuttle Flight Safety Manager Peter Panetta, left, and NASA Director, Safety and Mission Assurance, Johnson Space Center, and former Astronaut Terrence Wilcutt during the traditional post launch beans and cornbread reception at the NASA Kennedy Space Center, Launch Control Center (LCC) shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis, STS-135, launched on Friday, July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch of Atlantis is the final flight of the shuttle program, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Artemis I launch team members celebrate the successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft on Nov. 16, 2022, with the traditional meal of beans and cornbread inside Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was at 1:47 a.m. EST. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

Artemis I team members hand out iconic beans and cornbread to the launch team inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of a postlaunch tradition to celebrate successful launches. The Artemis I Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft lifted off from Launch Complex 39B on Nov. 22, 2022 at 1:47 a.m. EST. Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.