Artemis II On PAD B

A closeup view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the launch abort system atop NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take 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 no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

A closeup view of NASA’s Orion spacecraft with the launch abort system atop NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take 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 no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Photographer NASA/Frank Michaux
Album Artemis_II
Location PAD B
CT-2Kennedy Space CenterPADSpace Launch SystemVABArtemis 2SLSOrioncrawler-transporter 2Exploration Ground SystemsLCCLaunch Control CenterVehicle Assembly BuildingLC39 BLaunch Complex 39BPad BEGSArtemis IILaunch Pad 39BLaunch Pad