Artemis II Day of Launch Demo Test ISSV-1A

Assistant Artemis Launch Director Jeremy Graeber (left) and NASA Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson monitor activities during the launch day demonstration for one of the Artemis II integrated ground systems tests inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20. This is part of a series of tests to ensure the ground systems team is ready to support the crew timeline on launch day. Artemis II is the first mission with astronauts under Artemis that will test and check out all of the Orion spacecraft’s systems needed for future crewed missions.

Assistant Artemis Launch Director Jeremy Graeber (left) and NASA Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson monitor activities during the launch day demonstration for one of the Artemis II integrated ground systems tests inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 20. This is part of a series of tests to ensure the ground systems team is ready to support the crew timeline on launch day. Artemis II is the first mission with astronauts under Artemis that will test and check out all of the Orion spacecraft’s systems needed for future crewed missions.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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