Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal #2

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist; Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot (not pictured), participate in the second wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, inside Firing Room 1 at the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wet dress rehearsal allows the Artemis II launch team to run through operations to load propellant, conduct a full launch countdown, demonstrate the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and drain the tanks to practice timelines and procedures for launch.

From left, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist; Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot (not pictured), participate in the second wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, inside Firing Room 1 at the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The wet dress rehearsal allows the Artemis II launch team to run through operations to load propellant, conduct a full launch countdown, demonstrate the ability to recycle the countdown clock, and drain the tanks to practice timelines and procedures for launch.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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