Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis II launch director raises the Artemis flag near the countdown clock at the NASA News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. The Artemis II test flight 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.