Manager, NASA ISS Transportation Integration Office, Bill Spetch, left, and NASA Public Affairs Officer Courtney Beasley look out the window of an AN-26 aircraft as they fly form Karaganda to Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan to prepare for the Soyuz MS-17 landing of Expedition 64 crew members Kate Rubins of NASA, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of Roscosmos, Friday, April 16, 2021. Rubins, Ryzhikov and Kud-Sverchkov will be returning April 17 after 185 days in space having served as Expedition 63-64 crew members onboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, delivers opening remarks following the arrival of the Artemis II test flight crew at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, Courtney Beasley, NASA communications; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director; John Honeycutt, chair, Artemis II mission management team; and Emily Nelson, NASA’s chief flight director, participates in a news conference on Monday, March 30, 2026, to discuss the upcoming Artemis II test flight at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II mission will take Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.